2011英语四级语法讲义大全：主谓一致六

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17、集合名词如：people, police ,cattle等作主语，谓语动词用复数形式。如：
1）The police are searching for him.
2）The cattle are grassing (吃草)。
" r4 E  d: m& P& p# ?. E3 B4 b18、population当人口讲时，谓语动词用单数形式；当人们讲时，谓语动词用复数。如：
1）The population of China is larger than that of Japan.
' J/ H: R: [( n& O1 g2）One third of the population here are workers.
0 d" ]8 O8 J! J! S6 \, l19、the number of + 名词复数，是表示“…的数字”，作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式；a (large / great) number of + 名词复数，表示许多，作主语时；谓语动词用复数形式。
1 _9 _& i! L3 n* t1）The number of the students in our school is increasing year after year.
7 L4 ^! M( t8 t+ N7 x$ J& x- Z2）A number of students have gone for an outing.
  R! S' k' x* H& A# a20、means, politics, physics, plastics等作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。