總部有幾個?

上堂時剛好講到很多人誤將headquarters寫成headquarter。這字的本身寫法一定要有s,其他類似例子還有Economics,Mathematics,Physics等。有同學即時翻查手提電話內置字典,發現headquarters和headquarter同時存在。其實有些較細的字典,很多時都會以以偏概全。Cambridge Online Dictionary則沒有收錄這字。大學是訓練求知求真及批判精神的地方,這種態度值得鼓勵。

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