2016职称英语卫生类语法之主谓一致(5)
2015-07-14 09:20 来源:医学教育网
2016职称英语卫生类语法之主谓一致:
1.在定语从句时,关系代词that,who,which等作主语时,其谓语动词的数应与句中先行词的数一致。如:He is one of my friends who are working hard./ He is the only one of my friends who is working hard.
2.如果集体名词指的是整个集体,它的谓语动词用单数;如果它指集体的成员,其谓语动词就用复数形式。这些词有family,class,crowd,committee,population,audience等。如:Class Four is on the third floor./ Class Four are unable to agree upon a monitor.
注意:people,police,cattle等名词一般都用作复数。如:The police are looking for the lost child.
3.由“a lot of,lots of,plenty of,the rest of,the majority of + 名词”构成的短语以及由“分数或百分数+名词”构成的短语作主语,其谓语动词的数要根据短语中后面名词的数而定。如:There are a lot of people in the classroom./ The rest of the lecture is wonderful./ 50% of the students in our class are girls.
注意:a number of“许多”,作定语修饰复数名词,谓语用复数;the number of“……的数量”,主语是number,谓语用单数。
4.在倒装句中,谓语动词的数应与其后的主语一致。如:There comes the bus./ On the wall are many pictures./ Such is the result./ Such are the facts.
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