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动词的单复形式取决于最靠近它的词语,不可数名词多用动词单数,可数名词复数多用动词复数。然而,不可数名词前有形容数量的复数名词,动词用复数形式。
Tenthousand tons of coal were produced last year.
若there be 句型的主语是一系列事物,谓语同最近主语一致。
There are twentyboy-students and twenty-three girl-students in the class.
并列结构充当主语谓语用复数,但当主语由and连接时,若形容同一人或同一物等单一概念,动词用单数,and连接的两个词前只有一个冠词。
Reading and writing are very important.
variety, number, population, proportion, majority 等名词,有时充当单数,有时充当复数。
A number of +名词复数+复数
The number of +名词复数+单数
若crowd, class, company,committee等词后用复数时表示集体中各个成员,用单数时形容整个集体。然而,集合名词people, police, cattle, poultry等在任何情况下均用复数形式。
His family isn't very large.
His family are music lovers.
Are there any police around?
用half of, part of, most of,a portion of 等词引起主语时,动词通常同of后名词,代词一致。
Most of his money is spent on books.
Most of the students are taking an active part insports.
many a 或 more than one等The iron andsteel industry is very important to our life.
当either„ or„同neither„ nor,连接两个主语,动词同最邻近的主语一致。
一些短语,所修饰的词充当主语时动词多用单数。然而,由more than„ of 充当主语时,动词应同之后的名词或代词一致。
Many a person has read the novel.
More than 60 percent of the students are from thecity.