Foreigners often make some strange mistakes in Chinese when they study the most difficult language--- ---Chinese. We try to analyze typical sentences to correct these errors.
Màikè 5 yuè 8 rì 2000 nián lái Zhōngguó.
False: 麦克5月8日2000年来中国。
Màikè 2000 nián 5 yuè 8 rì lái Zhōngguó.
True: 麦克2000年5月8日来中国。
August 5, 2000 是英语日期的表示法，汉语则是由大概念到小概念。应改为2000年5月8日。
"August 5, 2000" is the English way of expressing date. In Chinese language, concepts are arranged in a descending order——from large ones down to smaller ones. Thus, it should be 2000年5月8日.
