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名词词组中心词为表示度量、距离、金额、时间、书名等复数名词与数词连用作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。如:
Ten days is a long time to wait for all answers.
Two yuan is enough for me.
2. 由and连接的并列单数主语前分别有every,each,no修饰时,谓语动词用单数形式。如:
In our class every boy and every girl has a dictionary.
3. 主语由more than one...或many a... 构成,尽管意义上指复数内容,但谓语动词仍用单数形式。如:
Many a student studies hard(许多学生学习都很刻苦).
4. "就远原则"中的but考过,其它如as well as, no less than, along with, together with, with, like, rather than, except, besides, including等要与其前面的主语保持一致。如:
He, as well as his sons, is going to Shanghai.
The library with it's books has been offered to the school.
5. the+adj. 表示一类人/物,如the rich, the blind, the old等,谓语动词用复数。如:
The rich are not always happy than the poor.
The blind are needed our help.
6. 从句作主语多用单数,如所指内容为复数意义时,谓语动词则用复数形式。如:
What we want is only more money.
What we want are more people.
7. this kind (sort,type...)+of+名词作主语,谓语都用单数;all kinds (sorts,types...)+of+名词作主语, 谓语动词用复数形式。如:
This kind of book has been published.
All kinds of trees have been destroyed.
8. all, most,half,part,the rest等词作主语时,所指内容如为复数意义,谓语动词则用复数形式,反之,则用单数形式。如:
Half of the money is gone.
The rest of the students have gone to the library.
9. 分数/百分数+名词作主语时,谓语动词与of后的名词保持一致。如:
Two-thirds of the earth is made up of vast ocean.
Seventy percent of the people have given up smoking.
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