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如:A series of accidents has happened here. 這里發(fā)生過一系列事故。 8. 如果主語由a kind/sort/type of this kind/sort/type of +名詞”組成,不管名詞是單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù),動(dòng)詞通常用單數(shù)。表示抽象概念或指個(gè)別事物時(shí)謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。 如:Twenty miles is a long way to walk. 走二十英里可是很長的一段路。單位名詞,盡管是復(fù)數(shù)形式,如果作整體看待,動(dòng)詞都用單數(shù)形式。但指不可數(shù)名詞時(shí)作單數(shù)看待。 如:Every/Each plane and every/each pilot is ready to take off. 每架飛機(jī)和每個(gè)飛行員都已準(zhǔn)備好起飛。 People, police, cattle,(牛),militia(民兵),poultry(家禽),vermin(害出)等作主語時(shí),后面的動(dòng)詞要用復(fù)數(shù)。 如就其中每一個(gè)成員來考慮時(shí),則用復(fù)數(shù)。 如:What I need buy now are four tea cups and a pair of sports shoes. 我需要買的是四只茶杯和一雙運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋。 例如:What he is doing is not clear yet他在干什么還不清楚 以what從句為主語的“主一系一表SVC句型中,如果主句的表語是復(fù)數(shù),主句謂語動(dòng)詞