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透析英语重难点语法:指代意义决定谓语的单复数

  1)代词what, which, who, none, some, any, more, most,
all等词的单复数由其指代的词的单复数决定。例如:
          All is right. 一切顺利。
          All are present. 人都到齐了。
          2)集体名词作主语时,谓语的数要根据主语的意思来决定。如family, audience, crew, crowd, class, company,
committee等词后,谓语动词用复数形式时强调这个集体中的各个成员,用单数时强调该集体的整体。例如:
          His family isn't very large. 他家成员不多。
          His family are music lovers. 他家个个都是音乐爱好者。
          但集合名词people, police, cattle, poultry等在任何情况下都用复数形式。例如:
          Are there any police around? 附近有警察吗?
          3)有些名词,如variety, number, population, proportion, majority
等有时看作单数,有时看作复数。例如:
          A number of +名词复数+复数动词。
          The number of +名词复数+单数动词。
          A number of books have lent out.
          The majority of the students like English.
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