11、复数形式的专有名词作为整体看待(如人名、地点、国家、组织、书籍、报刊等),动词用单数形式。如:. d* x3 A( t4 J4 F/ K$ i- p ^/ g
1)The United States is in North America.
5 [* m/ ]. r) ^9 F" {; M2)The United Nations has passed a resolution(决议)。
. b* f- c& _( j3)“The Arabian Nights”(《天方夜谭》)is an interesting book.9 i- T5 r- u$ C* l
12、有些集体名词如family, team, group, class, audience(听众,观众),government等作主语时,如看作是一个整体,谓语动词则用单数形式;如强调各个成员时,谓语动词要用复数形式。如:# V7 u9 Y6 U: _0 `) ?( P
1)My family is going to have a long journey.我家要进行一次长途旅行。+ @1 C3 a2 n t, s" I+ f6 Q
2)My family are fond of music. 我家人都喜欢音乐。9 l# T! @ k4 q7 O8 P! D, t( d
3)The class has won the honour. 这班获得了荣誉。1 j. N' A8 b1 P7 M Q1 U k
4)The class were jumping for joy. 全班同学都高兴得跳了起来。
2 v& J# t9 q9 D* r \2 I% v13、all, more, most, some, any, none, half, the rest等作主语时,既可表示复数意义,也可表示单数意义,谓语动词要根据实际情况而定。如:/ y/ V4 b, G) D9 c( y, q+ T
1)All of the apple is rotten. 整个苹果都烂了。
$ |0 b2 }/ w3 I& T$ G2)All of the apples are rotten. 所有的苹果都烂了。) G! ]7 X( V7 f0 s) W1 k' m
3)Most of the wood was used to make furniture (家具)。 |