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• A bag of potatoes was discovered in his car.
• A chip off the old block
• A couple of days 和 a couple days
• A day late and a dollar short
• 佔著茅坑不拉屎：a dog in the manger (n.)
• 落湯雞：a drowned rat (n.)
• 活受罪：a fate worse than death (idiom)
• Q：a friend of mine 的所有格是 a friend’s of mine 還是 a friend of mine’s 呢? 另外，sister-in-law 這種複合字的複數所有格為何呢? 是 sisters’-in-law 還是 sisters-in-law’s 或是其他呢?
• A group of + 複數名詞可接單數或複數動詞
• Q：A is a city of this country. 為甚麼不能用 in 取代 of? 兩者有何分別?
• 牛牽到北京還是牛；江山易改，本性難移：A leopard doesn’t/can’t change its spots.
• A lick and a promise
• 小確幸：a little happiness (n.)
• A lot、lots 和 plenty 的代名詞用法
• Q：下列那一句才正確? A total of 300 passengers WAS killed in the plane crash. 或 A total of 300 passengers WERE killed in the plane crash.
• Q：A total of … 和 The total of … 有甚麼不同呢? (所接的 BE 動詞和語意) 能否說明得詳細一點呢?
• 倒楣：a tough break (n.); have a tough break (v.)
• A whole nother
• 瞎猜：a wild guess (n.); have a wild guess (v.)
• Abandon vs. abandonment
• 縮寫字是否一定要加句點
• Q：(1) 如果冒號前面是個縮寫字，那麼該縮寫字還要不要使用句點 (例如：RE.: 或 ID.:)? (2) 在 John shook his head, “no”. 和 Mary nodded “yes”. 這兩句中，no 和 yes 是否要加引號?
• Abjure vs. adjure
• -able, -ible
• Able, capable (adjs.)
• Q：在表示「大約」時，about 和 around 有何不同?
• About four-fifths of the students in my class are girls.
• Above, over (preps.)
• 使用 abroad 時常見的錯誤
• Academic (n., adj.), academicals, academician (nn.)
• Accept, receive (vv.)
• Accompany (v.)
• According to Hoyle
• According to me, on my opinion, in my point of view
• Accumulative, cumulative (adjs.)
• Achilles’ heel
• Act, action (nn.) / action (v.)
• 人來瘋：act crazy when people visit (v.); act crazy in the presence of guests (v.)
• 裝傻；裝瘋賣傻：act/play the goat (v.)
• 公仔：action figure (n.)
• Ad vs. add
• Ada is prettier than Amy.
• Adam’s apple
• Addition vs. edition
• 英文門牌號碼也可寫在街道名稱之後
• Adequate, enough, sufficient (adjs.)
• 形容詞的順序
• Admission, admittance (nn.)
• Adopted, adoptive
• Advance, advancement (nn.) / advance, advanced (adjs.)
• Adverse, averse (adjs.)
• adverse 和 averse 之對與錯
• Advert vs. avert
• Aeroplane vs. airplane
• 醫美：aesthetic medicine (n.)
• Affect vs. effect
• Affinity (n.)
• After 和 behind 的用法差異
• Afterward vs. afterword
• 年齡大小的說法
• Age 的名詞用法
• Q：”age” 這個字的用法是否有一定的規則，如 children age 6-10, children aged 6-10, children 6-10 或 children 6-10 years of age，何者正確呢?
• Aged, old (adjs.)
• Agenda, criteria, data 和 media 是單數還是複數呢？
• 概念上的一致和文法上的一致
• Aid vs. aide
• Ail vs. ale
• Air quotes
• Aisle vs. isle
• A.k.a., aka
• Aladdin’s lamp
• Alive 和 living 之對與錯
• All of the + 名詞中的 of 是贅字
• Q：某網站說，All people want to rake in the money. 這句不對，到底錯在哪裡呢?
• 該到的都到了；該來的都來了：all present and accounted for (美)；all present and correct (英) (phr.)
• All right 還是 alright 呢？
• Q：在 All that/what you have to do is to change your attitude. 中。All 的後面該用 that 還是 what 呢? 還是兩者都可以呢?
• Q：根據文法書，All we have to do is be careful. 這句中的 be careful 是省略 to 的 不定詞片語，當主詞補語。但有些句子並未省略 to，如 All he wanted was to marry a beautiful girl.。請問在這種句型中，省略或不省略 to 都可以嗎?
• Alleged (adj.), accused (adj., n.), suspected (adj.)
• Alligator (tears) vs. crocodile (tears)
• Allow, allow as how, allow of
• Allow, ask, cost…等動詞只能接雙受詞
• Allow, permit (vv.)
• Allusive, elusive, illusive, illusory (adjs.)
• Q：almost 和 nearly 的用法何不同?
• Alone (adj., adv.), lonely (adj.), lonesome (adj., n.)
• Aloud vs. allowed
• 男人中的男人：alpha male (n.)
• 現代兒童英文字母學習表 (Alphabet taught to kids nowadays)
• 英文中所有字母都按字母順序排列的最長單字
• Q：also, as well 和 too 之間有何不同呢?
• Altar vs. alter
• Alternate, alternative (adjs., nn.)
• Alternate, alternative (adjs.), alternately, alternatively (advs.)
• Althaea’s brand
• Q：although 和 though 位在句首時，用法有何不同?
• Altogether 還是 all together 呢？
• Always a bridesmaid, never a bride
• Q：在 10:30 a.m. / A.M. 及 11:00 p.m. / P.M. 中，a.m. 或 A.M. 及 p.m. 或 P.M. 何者正確呢? 還是大小寫都可以呢?
• Q：12:00 a.m. 和 12:00 p.m. 哪一個指中午 12 時，哪一個指午夜 12 時呢?
• 2012 應禁的頭號詞：Amazing (驚人的)
• Ambitious as Phaethon
• Ambulance chaser
• Amomaxia, dogging
• Q： amount, number 和 quantity 的用法有何不同呢? 下面三句都講得通嗎? 1. A large amount of chickens were infected with the H5N1 strain of the bird flu. 2. A large number of chickens were infected with the H5N1 strain of the bird flu. 3. A large quantity of chickens were infected with the H5N1 strain of the bird flu.
• Amy is the tallest girl in our class.
• An albatross around one’s neck
• 內神通外鬼：an inside job (n.)
• Anagram
• 龜毛：anal (adj.)
• Q：Andy was very tired because he had been jogging. 這句顯然是在表示因果關係，這種句型的使用時機為何呢?
• 動物形容詞
• Annie Oakley
• Another think coming
• Answer, reply (vv.)
• Q：anti-, ex-, post-, pre- 等字首是否一定要使用連字號呢?
• Antisocial, asocial, nonsocial, unsociable, unsocial (adjs.)
• Q：any 後面應接複數還是單數可數名詞呢?
• Q：anybody, any body, anyone 和 any one 有何不同呢?
• Q：anymore 和 any more 有何不同呢?
• Apart from 和 except for 之對與錯
• 時間名詞中的所有格符號
• 如何區分 apparent 兩個不同的意思
• Appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober
• Apple of Sodom
• 同位語
• appraise 和 apprise 之對與錯
• Approach, discuss 和 lack 這三個動詞有什麼關係呢?
• Q：approximately fifty people 和 nearly fifty people 那個的人數比較多?
• Q：阿拉伯人名 (如 Bashar al-Assad) 中的 al 為何沒有大寫呢?
• Ariadne’s thread
• Aroma, fragrance, odor, perfume, scent, smell, stench, stink
• Arrant vs. errant
• Artful, artistic, artsy, arty, artsy-craftsy, arty-crafty (adjs.)
• 單一事物只能用一個冠詞
• As Cephalus to Procris
• As mentioned above 和 as mentioned previously 的不同
• As much as 也意為「好像；幾乎；差不多；等於」
• As old as Adam
• As pleased as Punch
• As rich as Croesus
• As shy as Daphne
• 「如上所述」、「如前所述」是 as stated above，不是 as stated before
• Q：as such 和 such as 有何不同?
• As well as
• As you know，如你所知，但其實你不知
• Ascent vs. assent
• ascribe 和 describe 之對與錯
• 世界各大洲的英文名字，開頭與結尾的字母都相同
• Ask for 和 demand 之對與錯
• Ask, request, require, demand (vv.)
• Assail vs. assault
• Q：電子郵件位址中 @ 的唸法?
• At all 的用法
• 雞同鴨講：at cross purposes (adv.)
• At、on 和 in 後接地點的用法 (上)
• At、on 和 in 後接地點的用法 (下)
• At、on 和 in 後接時間的用法
• Q：at the bank 和 in the bank 以及 on the street 和 in the street 之間有何不同?
• At the beginning 還是 in the beginning？At the end 還是 in the end 呢？
• At the end of one’s rope, at the end of one’s tether
• At the end of the day
• Attempt, try (vv.)
• Attic salt
• Audience, hearers, listeners, readers, spectators, viewers
• Auger vs. augur
• Aunt Sally
• Aural vs. oral
• 韋氏辭典年度熱門單字 austerity 最夯
• Author, coauthor (vv.)
• Avenge (v.), revenge (n., v.), vengeance (n.)
• Awake, awaken, wake, waken (vv.)
• Awhile, a while