【正文】 如 people(人們)、family(家庭)、army(軍隊)、government(政府)、group(集團)(3)復合名詞(Compound Nouns)：兩個或兩個以上名詞連在一起構成的名詞。The government have asked the country to decide by a vote．政府要求全國投票表決。例如不可以說* a furniture，* two furniture，也不可以說* a police，* two police。②不可直接與a（n）或數(shù)詞連用。1．The staff is/are hardworking． 2．The audience were moved to tears． 3．The lecturer draws large audiences． 4．The whole school was punished． 5．The class consists of 40 students． 6．This class are diligent．7．The whole profession fight tooth andnail against it． 8．One tenth of the population of Egypt is/are Christian．二、某些有生命的集合名詞，本身無復數(shù)形式，作主語時，謂語通常用復數(shù)。Mankind has its own 。注：表示牲畜的頭數(shù)，用單位詞 head(單復數(shù)同形)。示例：可以說“上海港?？苛撕芏啻啊?，但不能說“上海港停靠了一條（只，艘）船舶”。特別提醒：mankind 表示“人(類)”時，雖不可數(shù)，但有時卻可以表示復數(shù)意義，尤其是當其表語是復數(shù)時。The police are looking for 。常見的有：police，mankind，cattle，people（人），militia，society，the public，the world等。①The audience is audience were enjoying every minute of the play.②The class is class are taking notes in English.③My family was family are all walking on the lawn.（4）有些集體名詞通常都用作單數(shù)，表示整體。如：a poem / a piece of poetry 一首詩，many machines / much machinery / many pieces of machinery 許多機器。舉例而言，在英語中，“一群獅子”可稱為“a pride of lions”，此時“pride”為一個集合名詞。His family are all waiting for 。The Tang Dynasty is thought of as the high summer of Chinese 。主謂一致問題 一、一般某些有生命的集合名詞（表示人或者動物），本身有單/復數(shù)之分。常見的此類集合名詞有：Arsenal，BBC，Congress，Krem lin，Liverpool，Macm illan，Netherlands，Parliament，Pentagon，Vatican（梵蒂岡），White House等。My family are all 。例如：The furniture in the room has been made to order．室內的家具是定做的。如：the Great Wall(長城)。如cup(杯子)，cat(貓)等。例：China(中國)、Asia(亞洲)、Beijing(北京)、the People’s Republic Of China(中華人民共和國)。Such vermin as bugs and rats are hard to get rid of．臭蟲和老鼠那樣的害蟲難以滅絕。▲▲上述(Ⅱ)部分的詞把集體當作一個整體時，用作單數(shù)；若考慮構成這些集體的各個成員時，看作復數(shù)。如： Youth is the tim e for action；age is the tim e for repose． Som e youths don39。比較：fruits Some fruits have thick 。Have you checked all your baggage? 你所有的行李都托運了嗎?The thief stole all her 。分類集合名詞分為以下幾類，并分別簡述其有關用法特點：第一類形式為單數(shù)，但意義可以用為單數(shù)或復數(shù)這類集合名詞包括family(家庭），team(隊)，class(班)，audience(聽眾)等，其用法特點為：若視為整體，表示單數(shù)意義；若考慮其個體成員，表示復數(shù)意義。The potato is a vegetable, not a ，而不是一種水果。如：Our clothing protects us from [against] the 。Several hundred police were on duty last cattle are kept on the militia were called out to guard the enemy were forced to present staff number 1500.（2）有些集體名詞只作單數(shù)用。有些語法稱這類沒有復數(shù)形式的集體名詞為“無限集體名詞（unlimited collective noun.）”。注：表示牲畜的頭數(shù)，用單位詞 head(單復數(shù)同形)。(水果)作為集合名詞，它通常是不可數(shù)的。同時也可以用容器量詞、度量詞和不定量詞度量，如“一車軍火”、“三噸軍火”。如：Clothes dry slowly in the rainy 。如：Mankind are intelligent 。9．There are three people waving at us． 10．The police haven39。如：Each room has five pieces of 。集體名詞作主語的主謂一致問題依不同的集體名詞而定。名詞格的種類：英語名詞有三個格，即主格、賓格和所有格。如 fire(火)、steel(鋼)、air(空氣)、water(水)、milk(牛奶)