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第十二章 主谓一致
i.并列主语的主谓一致
1.主谓一致的三原则
1)语法一致的原则:主语和谓语的数在语法形式上是一致的。
2)就近原则:谓语动词与离其最近的主语在数上保持一致。
3)意义一致的原则:在意义上主语和谓语动词的单复数是保持一致的。
2.由and连接的两个单数名词作主语,谓语动词用复数形式。但当并列主语指的是同一人或物、同一事情或同一概念时,动词用单数形式。
常见的指同一人或事物的并列主语有:cart and horse, war and peace, needle and thread,coffee and milk, bread and butter, law and order, watch and chain, iron and steel, fork and knife, all work and no play, science and technology, truth and honesty 等。3.冠词在并列主语中的用法
1)在“并列修饰语+单数名词"结构中,并列主语指同一人或事物时共用一个冠词,主语为单数。
2)and连接两个带冠词的名词时,主语为复数,指不同的人或事物。
4.当结构是and+ not时,谓语与and前的主语- -致。
5.当and连接的并列主语前分别由each, every, no, many a等修饰时,谓语用单数。但是,当each放在并列主语之后作同位语时,谓语不受影响。6.由both..and连接两个并列主语时,谓语用复数。
7.由not only..but (also), no...but, either..or, neither..nor, or连接主语时,谓语的数根据就近原则而定。
8.在疑问句或主谓倒装句子中,谓语与前一个主语一致。
9.由疑问副词并列构成的主语从句,不管疑问词有多少,谓语一律用单数。
专项练习
( ) 1. Writing stories and poems what I enjoy most.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
( ) 2. The factory director and chief engineer an experienced person.
A. is B. are C. am D. was
( ) 3. Not only you and I but Peter, the top student in our grade not able to solve the problem.
A. are B. were C. is D. am
( ) 4. Neither Jane nor her brothers a consent form for tomorrow's field trip.
A. need B. needs C. is needing D. has need
( ) 5. Today there a number of telephone calls from the applications for the position.
A. have been B. is having C. has been D. are to have
( ) 6. Many a boy to swim before he can read.
A. learn B. are learning C. have learnt D. learns
( ) 7. Not only the whole nation, but the whole Europe, indeed the whole human society to alter its attitude to racial problems.
A. need B. needs C. has a need D. have a need
( ) 8. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he use the tools that .
A. make him a scientist B. made him to be a scientist
C. make him to be scientist D. makes him a scientist
( ) 9. The play writer and director promised to attend our tea party.
A. have B. has C. are