Overcoming Chinglish
Here are some common problems Chinese speakers have when speaking or writing in English.
They are commonly referred to as “Chinglish.”
Check out the links below to better understand these problems and find ways to overcome them.
Beginning
Adverbs and Prepositions of Time
Adverbs and Prepositions of Place
Agree and Disagree
Articles
Corn
Countable or Uncountable
Fun vs. Funny
Greetings
Listen (to), Hear, Sound
Movable Adverbs
Spend
Sports and Activities
Using Modals Correctly
There is, There are, and More
Vocabulary
Intermediate
Accept, Except, Expect
Adverbs and Adjectives with -ly
Advice
Agree, Agree on, Agree to, Agree that
Articles and Geographical Locations
As for me
Asking for Clarification
Asking for Help
Avoid vs. Prevent
Because, Because of, Due to
Can, Could, Be Able to
Can, Could, Will, Would
Cause and Effect
Collocations: Discuss
Concern, Be Concerned about
Despite vs. Although, Even though, In spite of
Die, Died, Dead, Be Dead
During vs. While
Embedded Questions
Find, Find out, Discover
Follow
For example, For instance, Such as
Hope vs. Wish
Interesting vs Interested
It depends
It means
Learn vs. Study
Let, Allow, Have, Make
Pay Attention (to)
Paper vs. Paper
Plurals as Adjectives
Quantifiers
Relative Clauses
Reducing Relative Clauses
Sentence Subjects
Say, Speak, Talk, Tell, and Discuss
Spacing
Staff
Thanks, etc.
To vs. For
Using “Explain” Correctly
Using “Get” Correctly
Verb endings
Will, Would, Would like, Would like to
Words with More than One Pronunciation
Worry, Worried, Be Worried about
Advanced
Action vs. Status
Be Based On
It is Easy to Do
It / That Constructions
On the Contrary vs. On the Other Hand
To V or To V+ing
Suggest and Recommend
Using “Compared with / Compared to” correctly
Using “Lack” Correctly
Using “Result in / Result from” correctly
When to Use “To” and when Not to
Worth, Worthy, Worth It