calving

grammar · medium

易错句子The team recorded two calving at the glacier last week.

正确表达The team recorded two calvings at the glacier last week.

指一次次的崩解事件时，calving 是可数名词；前面有数词 two，必须用复数形式 calvings，不能保留单数 calving。

grammar · medium

易错句子There were many calving along the coast last summer.

正确表达There was a lot of calving along the coast last summer.

表示冰川崩解这一持续过程时，calving 是不可数名词，不能用 many 修饰，谓语也要用单数；‘很多’应用 a lot of，因此改成 There was a lot of calving。若指多次具体事件，才用可数复数 calvings。