主謂一致
those who want to go please you’re your names here.
19)疑問代詞who,:what, which作主語時,謂語動詞可根據說話人所要表達的意思決定單復數。例如:
what produce(s)heat?
which is (are) your book(s)?
who live next door? it is zhang and liu.
who lives next door? it is xiao liu.
20)不定代詞.any,either,neither,none,all some,more等作主語時,有以下兩種情況:
①單讀用作主語時,視其在文中的意義,動詞可用單數或復數形式。例如:
all are present.let\'s begin the meeting.
now all has been changed.
either,neither單獨作主語時,謂語通常用單數。
②后接of時,若of的賓語為不可數名詞,動詞當然用單數形式;若of的賓語為復數名詞或代詞,動詞可以是單數,也可以是復數;在正式文體中,單數形式的動詞更常用。
例如:
none of them has(have)seen the film .
do(es) any of you know his address?
d)分數、量詞作主語
21)某數詞單純表示數字作主語時,其謂語動詞通常用單數形式,但是當基數詞表示的不是數值而是數量時,謂語動詞可用復數形式。例如:
the billion is a large number.
twelve were boys.
英語中算術式作主語時,若是減法或除法算術式,謂語通常用單數形式;若是加法和乘法,謂語動詞有時也可用復數形式。例如:
three times five is/are fifteen.
two and (plus) two is/are four.
twelve divided by four is three.
three taken from eight leaves five.
在提問加、減、乘、除得數時,如用how much,謂語動詞多用單數形式;如用how many,謂語動詞多用復數形式。例如:
how many are two times five?
how much is eight divided by two?
22).“分數或百分數+of+名詞”構成短語,以及由“some,a lot of,lots of,plenty of,a(1arge)quantity of,the rest of,a heap of,heaps of+名詞”構成短語時,其名詞可以是可數名詞或不可數名詞。作主語時,采取就近一致的原則,其謂語動詞要與短語中of后面的名詞的數保持一致,這是因為短語中of后面的名詞是中心詞,而名詞前面的量詞是修飾語。例如:
a quantity of blouses were on sale.
a large quantity of beer was sold.
plenty of english books are on the shelf.
lots of damage was caused by fire.
three-fifths of the workers here are women.
about three-fourths of the earth\'s surface is covered with water.
23)a(great)number of,many;a few修飾可數復數名詞,
其短語作主語時,謂語動詞用復數;a little,much,a great deal of,a large amount of修飾不可數名詞,其短語作主語時,謂語動詞用單數。例如: ;
a large amount of(a great deal of)damage was done in a very short time.
a great deal of trouble lies before us.
a number of students have gone to the countryside to help
with the autumn harvest.
24)(large)quantities of修飾可數
復數名詞或不可數名詞其短語作主語時,謂語動詞一般用復數。例如:
quantities of food (nuts) were on the table.