另外，英美國家的語料庫也堅持這樣的觀點：　　　　

(1) 在 BUY-BNC BRTISH NATIONAL CORPUS (UK,1980s-1993) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/上　　　　

共有包含caught on fire的句子 3例�！　�　　

…，so he was filling his supply tank and one of the flight crew of the airplane bumped into him so he spilled this mixture of gasoline and oil over the stove and naturally the tent caught on fire.　　　　

Do you think any of the cows would have got out or any of the hayricks caught on fire?　　　　

A car involved in a fatal accident on the M1 Motorway is believed to have caught on fire before it crashed.　　　　

(2) 在TIME MAGAZINE CORPUS (1923-2006) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) (http://corpus.byu.edu/time)上共有包含catch on fire 的句子 2例；包含catches on fire 的句子 1例；　　　　

　1929/12/23　 " At the Hoover conference I promised to do my share by keeping the country in good humor until the big corporations buy crutches for the crippled stocks. Every day beginning Monday I promise you one good laugh " Yours until my yacht catches on fire. "　　　　

包含caught on fire的句子 8例：　　　　

　1927/03/07　 Soon Senators began to straggle in-some in evening clothes, some with their morning ties askew, some unshaven, many vexed. Senator Hawes of Missouri said that his taxicab had caught on fire, that he had to call a fire engine.　　　　

(3) 在The CORPUS OF CONTEMPORAY AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2012) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University) http://www.americancorpus.org/ 上共有包含catch on fire的句子47例；包含catches on fire的句子 22例；包含caught on fire的句子 88例；包含catching on fire的句子11例。　　　　

(4) 在Corpus of Historical American English (COHA)(1810-2009) ( http://corpus.byu.edu/coha)上共有包含catch on fire 的句子 14例；　　　　

1867 I wish the barns would catch on fire! 　　

包含catches on fire 的句子 4例；包含caught on fire的句子 31例；　　

1838 I have heard of those who have withered away to a mere wisp; of others who have suddenly caught on fire, and vanished in flame and smoke; and of others whose blood has stood still, frozen, or run out from all parts of the body, changed to the very color of your shoe, at their bare touch.　　　　

包含catching on fire的句子 2例。　　　　

從以上例證可以看出：英國英語至少早在1866年就已經使用catch on fire，直到現在仍在使用，不過使用的頻率不大；而在美國英語中，至少早在1838年已經使用catch on fire，直到現在仍在使用，并且使用的頻率要大于英國英語使用的頻率。但無論怎樣catch on fire卻是地地道道的英語。　　

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