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a good question would be what 'mistakes' do you intentionally make to help get your point across?
Good question! I find that after years living in Taiwan and China, there are certain ungrammatical things I say (outside of the classroom, of course) because I know that I am more likely to be understood by a Chinese learner of English that way.

Of course, I can't think of any examples right now...

Oh, this isn't an "error" but I use "bye-bye" to end phone calls which sounds strange to a lot of native speakers back in the U.S.
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