主谓一致(单复数问题)
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Practies makes perfect熟能生巧
一些名词属格短语:
at one’s wits’ end(智穷力竭) at swords’ points(箭弩拔张0
a hair’s breath(间不容发) a wolf in sheep’s clothing(披着羊皮的狼) in one’s mind’s eye(在某人的想象中)
a bird’s view(鸟瞰) to one’s heart’s content(尽情地)
at death’s door(濒于死亡) at a stone’s throw(一箭之遥)
at one’s fingers’ ends/tips(精通某问题)
主谓一致
某些以-ics结尾的学科名称,如physics(物理学),politics(政治学),economics(经济学),statistics(统计学),athletics(体育学),
mathematics(数学)等常做单数用。例如:
Physics is an important subject in middle school.
一些由两个部分组成的物体,通常以-s 结尾,如scissors(剪子),glasses(眼镜),shorts(短裤),trousers(裤子),scales(天平),pincers(钳子),suspenders(吊带裤),pajamas(睡衣)等,如果单独使用,即不带“一把”,“一副”,“一条”等单位词修饰,
通常作复数。如:
His new trousers are black and white.
如果带有单位词则由单位词的单复数形式决定动词的单复数形式:One pair of scissors is not enough.
Two pairs of pliers are in my tool box.
还有一些以-S 结尾的名词,如arms(武器),clothes(衣服),contents(内容,目录),goods(货物),fireworks(烟火),remains (遗体),morals(道德,品行),thanks(谢意),wages(工资),minutes(记录)等,通常作复数。
High wages often result in high prices.
His thanks were most profuse.(丰富的)
凡是以-ings 结尾名词,通常做复数用。如:earnings(收入),surroundings(环境),sweepings(扫拢的垃圾)等。
有些集体名词,是代表有生命的东西,通常作复数,其后的谓语动词用复数。如:police,people,cattle(牛),militia(民兵组织),poultry(家禽),vermin(害虫)。如:
Domestic cattle provide us with milk, beef and hides.(家养的牛为我们提供牛奶,牛肉和牛皮。)
又有一些集体名词,表示无生命的东西,常作不可数名词,其后谓语动词用单数。如:equipment(设备),furniture(家具),merchandise(商店)等。
还有一些集体名词。如将它所表示的集体视作一个整体,则动词用单数;若侧重于集体的成员上,则用复数。如:audience(观众),class(班级),government(政府),public(公众),family等。The group of soldiers is a top-notch fighting unit.这群士兵是一个一流的战斗单位。
That group of soldiers have the best ratings of individual performance.那群士兵中每个人都有最好的表现。
当and 连接的名词词组带有each,every,many a(许多的)等限定词,随后的谓语动词用单数。如:
Every boy and each girl in this room is happy.
Many a woman and man in this country finds herself or himself in need.
主语+as much as,rather than,more than,no less than等引导的从属结构,其后动词形式以主语本身的单复数而定。
His brother rather than his parents is to blame.
主语+as well as,in addition to,with,along with,together with,expect等引导的词组,其后动词形式也取决于动词本身。
The manager with some workers was working.
No one expect two girls was late for dinner.
单复数同形的名词
deer(鹿),sheep(羊),fish, Japanese(日本人),Chinese(中国人),Portuguese(葡萄牙人)
如a sheep---two sheep一只羊---两只羊
还有craft(船舶)及其合成词aircraft(飞机),hovercraft(气垫船),spacecraft(宇宙飞船)
还有headquarters(总部),means,works(作品;工厂),series(系列),species(物种)等以-S结尾的名词。
All possible means have been tried.(一切方法都已经试过了)