Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
* B4 m9 m  Q3 w* i, C+ B! ]    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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% _" z' n6 Y  Y+ ?4 RThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.
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' K0 r# \. s7 V& ~7 i$ S2 z; _. d6 {2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
) p( Y+ \+ f0 x* w3. Please close your phone.
These mistakes are made because of direct translation. Another similar mistake is: I very like Canada. You really like Canada, or you like Canada very much.
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
( k, i) A$ u. J+ q7 R; m/ V# LThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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* ^5 v- T* E. Y6 K0 y: p5. I am a Chinese.
! R* K2 @8 q6 F, z* u( tI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
8 A, u& [0 f) y( ]1 vHe is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
, ]7 {2 R6 ~. G" K: N7 Y8. Thanks! No thanks!