上期談到集合名詞（collective nouns）的英美之別，以及英國球會在什麼時候配搭單數或眾數動詞。那麼美國體壇，如港人熟悉的國家籃球協會（NBA）和美國職業棒球聯賽（MLB），情况又怎樣呢？ 如果讀者有留意相關新聞，便會知道這些賽事的球隊名字也會配搭眾數動詞。以下是...

若讀者是球迷，應知道最近的球壇大事，莫過於歐洲超級聯賽（European Super League）的鬧劇。12支歐洲豪門球會擬另起爐灶，建立不設升降班制度的聯賽，詎料引發風暴，群情洶湧之下，列強相繼退出，計劃遂告胎死腹中。英國體育專欄作家 Jonathan Liew...

英語有一個說法，說重要的新聞是history in the making，指的是某些事件舉足輕重，正在締造歷史。其實不論大至緬甸政變、小至某地某人中巨獎，新聞都必定是過去發生的。即使事態仍在發展，記者能夠用文字捕捉的都必然過去。那麼用過去式（Past...

"醞釀" is a tricky word to translate into English. The Chinese expression refers to fermentation, a process during which sugar is changed...

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