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Chinglish is like existing everywhere in China. Some of the mistakes might look very ridiculous. How could Chinese make so many Chinglish?
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One obcious reason is the tremendous differences in various aspects between English and Chinese. The Structureof a Chinse sentence could be quite different than that of an English sentence. When Chinese try to write or say something in English, it is quite often that they would structure English words with Chinese ways. So Chinglish is actually “English with Chinese characteristics”, which is a kind of misshapen, hybrid language that is neither English nor Chinese.
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Another reason is Inadequate exposure to authentic English, which would result in improper word choice or word redundancy, improper collocation, improper rhetorical expression, and inflexibility in expression.

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