内容正文:
主谓一致(二)
Subject-verb Concord (II)
Key Points:
1. 以并列结构做主语的主谓一致问题
Problems of concord with a coordinate subject
2. 以表示数量概念的名词词组做主语的主谓一致问题
Problems of concord with expressions of quantity as subject
以并列结构作主语的主谓一致问题
1. 由 and / both… and 连接的并列主语
意义复数 ( 有些形为单数), 谓语复数
Rain and wind have caused a lot of damage to the crops.
意义单数,谓语单数
bread and butter/ jam/ cheese
( white/ brown/ whole meal bread)
Ham and eggs is a good breakfast.
形似单数,意义复数,谓语复数
Good and bad taste are inculcated by example.
and连接的并列名词带有each, every, many a 等限定词时,谓语单数
Each boy and each girl is good at writing.
2. 由 or /nor/ either…or 等连接的并列主语, 谓语动词采用就近原则
Example:
You and I am going to see the film.
Neither my brother nor my friends are going to Africa.
Either you or she is responsible for it.
3.主语 + as much as /as well as等,谓语动词依据主语本身决定
Example:
rather than more than no less than
in addition to with along with together with
except but plus besides including
The students as much as the teacher are to blame.
The bedroom as well as the living room is cleaned.
1. Pancakes and syrup (is, are) a tasty breakfast.
2. Milking the cows, in addition to several other chores, (was, were) his responsibility.
3. Each man and each woman there (is, are) asked to help.
4. Neither Lucy nor Carol (has, have) any money left.
5. The tenth and the last chapter (was, were) translated into Russian by Bob.
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6. Law and order (means, mean) different things to people with different political opinions.
7. The number and diversity of British newspaper (is, are) considerable.
8. An older man or a mature woman (is, are) needed for this job.
9. Fish and chips (is, are) getting very expensive.
10. The sum and substance of this argument (is, are) war and peace.
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11. A truck and a convertible (was, were) in the ditch.
12. The Bat and Ball (sells, sell) good beer.
13. War and peace (is, are) a constant theme in history.
14. War and peace