主謂一致

large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.
25)the number+可數復數名詞，the amount of+不可數名詞，the quantity of+可數復數名詞或不可數名詞構成的短
語，作主語時，謂語動詞用單數，例如：
the amount of money is great.
the quantity of heat in the office has not been increased.
the quantity of books in the library is amazing.
the number of students in our school is increasing.
26)表示數量的one and a half 后，名詞要用復數形式。但是其短語作主語時，謂語動詞用單數形式。例如：
one and a half bananas is left on the table.
27)half of，(a)part of修飾可數名詞單數及不可數名詞時，謂語動詞用單數；修飾可數名詞復數時，謂語動詞用復數。
e)名詞化的形容詞作主語，
28)如果主語由“the+形容詞或過去分詞)”結構充當時。謂語通常用復數。這類詞有；the brave，the poor，the rich，
the blind，the young，the old, the sick，the dead，the deaf and dumb，the oppressed，the injured, the wounded, the unemployed等；但也有少數的過去分詞與定冠詞連用時指個別，則用單數。例如：
the departed(死者) was a well-known engineer.
the blind study in special schools.
這類形容詞或分詞如果要表示個體時，就要與名詞/man，person或表示人的單數連用。如：all old man，a rich person，the(a)wounded soldier
f)從句作主語從句，不定式，-ing形式等做主語時，一般被看作一個整體，謂語動詞應用單數。
when to leave has not been decided.
what he said and what he did were always different.（如果主語是兩個（或兩個以上）的名詞性從句，謂語動詞常用復數。）
29)由what引導的主語從句，謂語動詞通常用單數；所指的具體內容若是復數意義，謂語動詞一般用復數形式。例如：
what we need are doctors.
what we need is more time.
30）在復數名詞引導的從句結構中，關系代詞的先行詞是靠近它的復數名詞而不是，因此，從句中的動詞應該是復數形式。例如：
this is one of the most interesting questions that have been asked.
但是，當之前有等修飾時，關系代詞的先行詞是，而不是靠近它的復數名詞，因此從句的動詞應是單數形式。
she was the only one of the girls who was late for the meeting.