二、數(shù)詞+度量/價(jià)值/距離/時(shí)間的名詞用單數(shù)
如:One hundred years is not long.
Ten thousand dollars is quite a large sum.
Where is that five dollars I lent you?
※:若名詞作為時(shí)間單位unit of time、用復(fù)數(shù)
如:Twenty years have passed since his father died.
三、連詞
1.And 成雙名詞詞組作主語(yǔ)
如:needle and thread 針線 單數(shù)、
The husband and wife 夫妻 單數(shù)、
The husband and the wife 一個(gè)丈夫和一個(gè)妻子 復(fù)數(shù)、
The secretary and manager 書記兼經(jīng)理 一人:?jiǎn)螖?shù)、
The secretary and the manager 書記和經(jīng)理 二人:復(fù)數(shù)、
2.就遠(yuǎn)原則
with,together with,along with,as well as,rather than,but,except,besides,no less than
如:The boss rather than his employees is to blame.
Nobody but Jack and Jane is here.
練習(xí):1. Professor Wu,with three lecturers,__________ attending a symposium 專題討論會(huì)、 in Shanghai on energy Now.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
2. Nobody but San and Ann _________ in the lab.
A. are B. had been C. were D. is
3.就近原則
or/neither…nor…/either…or…/not only…but also…
如:Neither the teacher nor the students love the novel.
Neither the students nor the teacher loves the novel.
There is a pen and two books on the desk.
四、其他情況
1.復(fù)合不定代詞作主語(yǔ)→單數(shù)
2.不定式/動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)/從句一般情況下、→單數(shù)
如:To see is to believe.
2010-1. Making energy use completely harmless to the environment ____________ very difficult and usually economically expensive.
A. is B. are C. have been D. shall be
練習(xí). Writing stories and articles __________ what I’m fond of.
A. is B. were
C. are D. have been
3.the + adj 表人→復(fù)數(shù),表物→單數(shù)、
如:The old need to be taken good care of.
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