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主谓一致
Ⅰ.含义:在英语句子中,谓语受主语支配,其动词必须和主语在人称和数上保持一致。
分类:语法一致原则、逻辑意义一致原则、就近原则。
Ⅱ. 语法一致原则:谓语动词和主语在单、复数形式上保持一致。
1. 以单数名词或代词、动词不定式短语、动名词短语或从句作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数形式;主语为复数时,谓语动词用复数形式。
His father is working on the farm. To study English well is not easy.
Reading in the sun is bad for your eyes. What he said is true.
【注意】★ 由what引导的主语从句,后面的谓语动词多数情况用单数形式,但若表语是复数或what从句是一个带有复数意义的并列结构时,主句的谓语动词用复数形式。
What I bought were three English books. What I say and do has nothing to do with you.
a pair of +表无生命的名词+单数谓语;a pair of +表人或动物的名词+单数/复数谓语:
This pair of shoes is not mine. The happy pair is / are going to Hawaii for their honeymoon.
2.“单数名词 + and + 单数名词”作主语,谓语动词用复数:
You and I are good friends. The boy and the girl were so surprised when they heard the news.
【注意】★如果and 并列的主语指的是同一个人或物时,谓语动词用单数:
a/ the + 单数名词(人)+ and + 单数名词(人)+ 单数谓语
a/ the + 单数名词(人)+ and + a/ the + 单数名词(人)+ 复数谓语
The dancer and singer was greeted by a crowd of people.
The dancer and the singer