當你不確定怎麼套用一些英文單字或成語的時候,除了翻字典之外,最好的方法就是用民主的方式來表決: 用網路的搜尋引擎來比較各種用法的出現次數, 出現最多的為贏家! （ *** 註：用PC版的Google 才看得到次數）

"there is no"  - 346,000,000 matches
"there are no"- 154,000,000 matches (這用法雖然輸了,可是還是有上億的人次在用,因此不算是錯誤的)

"an update"- 40,200,000 matches  (正確用法)
"a update"  -     997,000 matches

"two day in a roll"  -             5 matches (沒人這樣用)
"two days in a roll" - 4,660,000 matches (不算錯)
"two days in a row"- 3,810,000 matches (不算錯)
"two day in a row"  - 9,050,000 matches (正確用法)

"where did you come from"  - 20,000,000 matches (正確用法)
"where do you come from"  -  21,8000,000 matches (正確用法)
"where are you from"         -  69,1000,000 matches (正確用法)
"where were you from"       -    2,820,000 matches
"where are you come from" -    8,090,,000 matches

"It might work"- 780,000 matches
"It may work"  - 517,000 matches    (不算錯)

"give it a try " - 6,430,000 matches  (正確用法)
"give it a trial" -     41,900 matches

"look really good" - 19,430,000 matches  (正確用法)
"look real good" -     2,260,900 matches

"in contrast"  - 92,900,000 matches
"by contrast" - 24,700,000 matches (不算錯)

"in coming decades"      4,230,000
"in the coming decades" 5,020,000
"in the next decade"    43,100,000 (正確用法)
"in the next decades"    1,860,000 (馬總統2009-11接受華爾街日報訪問時用語)
"in decades to come"    4,220,000

"in the worst case" - 447,000 matches
"in a worst case""   - 225,000 matches (不算錯)

"change for a hundred dollar" -  235,000 matches
"changes for a hundred dollar" -          0 matches

"Since when did you play" -   2,710,000 matches
"Since when do you play" -      473,000 matches

"both look so pretty" -   306,000 matches
"both looks so pretty" -   17,100 matches

"40 feet container" -   1,250,000 matches
"40 foot container" -   1,220,000 matches

"play by ear"   -  797,000 matches
"play by ears" -    79,200 matches

"no mention of" - 1,390,000 matches
"no mentioning of" - 62,600 matches

"more than 10 years" - 7,100,000 matches
"longer than 10 years" -  346,000 matches

"role model" - 1,410,000 matches
"road model" -    90,400 matches

"more than one person" - 1,080,000 matches
"more than one people" -     13,100 matches

"will still have to" - 1,010,000 matches
"still will have to" - 36,800 matches

"was outbid" - 1,060,000 matches
"was outbidded" - 2,400 matches

"it happened so fast"     - 111,000 matches
"it all happened so fast" -  74,200 matches
"it happened so quickly" -  45,000 matches
"it happens so fast"       -  29,000 matches
"it happened so quick"    - 15,000 matches
"it happened all so fast"- 443,000 matches
"they all happened so fast" -     3 matches

"who are you waiting for" - 15,400 matches
"whom are you waiting for" - 2,680 matches (正式用法, 不算錯)
"for whom are you waiting" -    604 matches
"for who are you waiting"  -     432 matches

"have you got" - 7,460,000 matches
"have you gotten" - 1,100,400 matches

"sweet memories" - 1,670,400 matches
"sweet memory" - 846,000 matches

"new found" - 11,100,000 matches
"newly found" - 1,020,000 matches

"this kind of things happen" -       154,000 matches
"these kinds of thing happen" -        4,300 matches
"these kinds of things happen" - 6,120,000 matches
"this kind of thing happens" -         85,600 matches


"you are welcome to" - 3,080,000 matches
"you are welcomed to" - 168,000 matches