單數與復數
一些單數名詞可以和復數動詞及代詞連用：
The team are playing magnificently, aren’t they?
一些復數名詞可以和單數動詞和代詞連用：
Five pounds doesn’t buy as much as it used to.
有一些復數名詞看起來像單數，用法看具體情況，靈話多變。
Police, people, cattle
有些單數名詞看起來像復數，使用時仍作為單數看待。
News, a series, a means, a crossroads
一些看來是錯誤傾向其實是正確的表達法。（在非正式的口語體里）
Here’s your keys.
None of my friends are (or: is) likely to come.
If anybody wants to give their name for the trip to Scotland, will they please do it before lunchtime?
Three dozen, five foot six inches
Give us a kiss, darling. (Here “us” means “me”)
下面我們繼續(xù)看一些經典例句：
１、 My family have decided to move to Nottingham.
２、 “How are the team?”--------“Oh, they’re very optimistic.”
３、 The government are hoping to ease import restrictions soon.
４、 The team is at the bottom of the third division.
５、 A group of us have decided to hire a boat and travel through Holland by canal.
６、 The majority of the damage is easy to repair.
７、 Neither of my brothers has/have been outside England
８、 Cattle are selling for record prices this year.
９、 The youth of today don’t know what they want.
１０、 The police are searching for a tall dark man with a beard.
１１、 Measles takes a long time to get over.
１２、 The United States has a very violent history.
１３、 The fastest means of transport are not always the most comfortable.
１４、 Politics is a complicated business.
１５、 What are your politics?
１６、 Mathematics has the same educational function as classics used to have.
１７、 Twenty miles is a long way to walk.
１８、 When a person has no will to live, they are (he is) often very difficult to help
１９、 If anybody calls, tell them I’m out, but take their name and address.
２０、 Everyone thinks they’re the center of the universe.
小結：
名詞或名詞性短語做主語時，要與謂語動詞取得數的一致。單數復數是語法上的一種形式。單數名詞表示一個人，一件事物的概念，而復數名詞表示多于一人或一物的概念。
主語和謂語在人稱和數上的一致關系，一般遵循三條原則。即語法一致原則，意義一致原則和就近一致原則。特別值得注意的是意義一致的原則，謂語要取決于主語所表達的意義。
以上的例句是以英式的英語為主，實際上在美國的英語中或許并不通行。語言本身在變化中，部分當時正確的說法或許現在并不通用?！?BR>
一些單數名詞可以和復數動詞及代詞連用：
The team are playing magnificently, aren’t they?
一些復數名詞可以和單數動詞和代詞連用：
Five pounds doesn’t buy as much as it used to.
有一些復數名詞看起來像單數，用法看具體情況，靈話多變。
Police, people, cattle
有些單數名詞看起來像復數，使用時仍作為單數看待。
News, a series, a means, a crossroads
一些看來是錯誤傾向其實是正確的表達法。（在非正式的口語體里）
Here’s your keys.
None of my friends are (or: is) likely to come.
If anybody wants to give their name for the trip to Scotland, will they please do it before lunchtime?
Three dozen, five foot six inches
Give us a kiss, darling. (Here “us” means “me”)
下面我們繼續(xù)看一些經典例句：
１、 My family have decided to move to Nottingham.
２、 “How are the team?”--------“Oh, they’re very optimistic.”
３、 The government are hoping to ease import restrictions soon.
４、 The team is at the bottom of the third division.
５、 A group of us have decided to hire a boat and travel through Holland by canal.
６、 The majority of the damage is easy to repair.
７、 Neither of my brothers has/have been outside England
８、 Cattle are selling for record prices this year.
９、 The youth of today don’t know what they want.
１０、 The police are searching for a tall dark man with a beard.
１１、 Measles takes a long time to get over.
１２、 The United States has a very violent history.
１３、 The fastest means of transport are not always the most comfortable.
１４、 Politics is a complicated business.
１５、 What are your politics?
１６、 Mathematics has the same educational function as classics used to have.
１７、 Twenty miles is a long way to walk.
１８、 When a person has no will to live, they are (he is) often very difficult to help
１９、 If anybody calls, tell them I’m out, but take their name and address.
２０、 Everyone thinks they’re the center of the universe.
小結：
名詞或名詞性短語做主語時，要與謂語動詞取得數的一致。單數復數是語法上的一種形式。單數名詞表示一個人，一件事物的概念，而復數名詞表示多于一人或一物的概念。
主語和謂語在人稱和數上的一致關系，一般遵循三條原則。即語法一致原則，意義一致原則和就近一致原則。特別值得注意的是意義一致的原則，謂語要取決于主語所表達的意義。
以上的例句是以英式的英語為主，實際上在美國的英語中或許并不通行。語言本身在變化中，部分當時正確的說法或許現在并不通用?！?BR>