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Chinglish-Proof Basics
You know the words, but sentences still come out wrong? Three lessons on the three most common trap types: direct-translation errors, articles & plurals, and tense as point of view.
Unit 1
The Three Most Common Traps
Three lessons, each fixing one high-frequency error type — mistakes almost every Chinese learner of English has made.
- 1Direct-Translation Traps: Chinglish ExposedEnglish is not Chinese words swapped for English words6 Q
- 2Articles & Plurals: Switches Chinese Doesn't Havea / the and -s are information, not decoration6 Q
- 3Tense Is a Point of View: Verbs Carry TimestampsChinese uses context; English bakes time into the verb6 Q