“the+形容词”作主语时的主谓一致 一、“the+形容词”作主语时，若指一类人，则谓语用复数。如： The young are mostly ambitious. 年轻人多半有雄心。 The sick and the wounded were sent home. 伤病员都送回家了。 The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. 富者愈富，贫者愈贫。 The injured were carried away on stretchers. 用担架把受伤的人…
many a与more than one作主语时谓语的数 many a的意思是“许多”，more than one的意思是“不止一个”，从意义上，它们表示复数，但用作主语时，谓语却习惯上用单数。如： ■ many a Many a fine man has died in that battle. 许多优秀的士兵死于那次战役。 Many a ship has been wrecked on those rocks. 许多船只毁于那些礁石之上。 Many a young man has tried an…
单复数同形的名词作主语 有的名词单数与复形同形，如means(方法), sheep(绵羊), fish(鱼), series(系列), works(工厂)等，当它们用作主语时，其谓语的数需根据这些名词的实际意义来确定(到底表示单数还是复数)，此时要特别注意其修饰语和上下文语境。如： Every possible means has been tried. 每种可能的办法都试过了。 All possible means have been tried. 所有可能的办法都试过了。 注：若没有特定的修饰语或…
a (the) number of…作主语时谓语的数 一、“the number +复数名词”作主语，谓语用单数。如： The number of the students increased to 500. 学生人数增加到了500人。 The number of students absent is 6. 缺席的学生人数为6。 The number of jobs is increasing. 工作的数目正在增加。 The number of chairs in the room is ten. 屋…
英语主谓一致的三个原则 1. 形式一致的原则 一般说来，当作主语的名词或代词是第三人称单数时，谓语动词就用单数形式；当作主语的名词或代词是复数时，谓语动词就复数形式：如： (1) He likes skating in winter. 他喜欢冬天滑冰。 (2) Alice reads much. 艾利斯看了很多书。 (3) They don’t live here. 他们不住这里。 2. 意义一致的原则 英语中，有些名词或代词形式上是单数，而意义上可能是复数，这时，谓语动词的形式就须依据…
不定代词作主语时的主谓一致问题 1. someone, anyone等作主语时 someone, anyone, no one, everyone, something, nothing等复合不定代词作主语，谓语动词用单数： Someone is asking to see you. 有人找你。 Nobody is to blame for it. 这谁也不怨。 No one wants to read such books. 没有人想看那样的书。 2. all 作主语时 若指人，谓语通…
几个容易弄错的主谓一致问题 1.“many a +名词”和“more than one +名词”作主语 谓语动词的数通常用单数(即遵循语法一致的原则)： Many a child was playing there. 很多小孩在那儿玩。 More than one student has failed the exam. 不止一个学生考试未及格。 2. each 用于复数名词后作同位语 此时谓语动词用复数： They each have an English-Chinese dictio…
并列结构作主语时谓语动词的数 1. 由and和both...and连接的并列主语 此时谓语动词通常用复数。如： Jim and Mary are both interested in it. 吉姆和玛丽都对此感兴趣。 Both brother and sister are college students. 兄妹俩都是大学生。 【注意】 (1) 当由and连接的两个并列主语受each, every, no的修饰时，谓语用单数： Every boy and (every) girl likes the …
数量概念作主语时谓语动词的数 1. 表时间长度、钱数、速度等的词组作主语 此时通常将其视为整体，谓语用单数。如： Twenty years is a long time. 20年是很长的时间。 Ten dollars is all I have left. 我只剩下10美元。 2. 分数(百分数)作主语 “分数(百分数)+of+名词”结构作主语时，谓语动词的数与其中名词的数保持一致。如： About 30 percent of the pupils were absent that da…