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主谓一致
主谓一致的原则
1.语法一致原则
主要指语法形式上一致,即谓语动词必须在人称和数的形式上与主语保持一致,这一原
则多适用于句子主语是名词或代词的情况。
>He is a famous singer.
The boys who are playing the guitar are my cousins.
Life is full of the unexpected.
>A sad movie makes me cry.
>Their mother cooks breakfast for them every morning.
2.意义一致原则
以主语表示的意义来决定谓语动词的单、复数。这一原则多适用于句中主语为集体名词、
“the+形容词/N-ed-ing”、以-s结尾的名词、what-从句;由and或both..and连接的并列主
语:主语为时间、度量、价值、数目等意义的词语、某些不定代词、what、which、who等。
>The class is more than fifty students.(class指班级)
>Generally speaking,the disable need more help.
>Someone is knocking at the door.
3.就近原则
谓语动词的人称和数与最近的词语保持一致。这一原则多适用于“there be”句型、由
or,neither...nor,either..or,not only.butalso.连接的并列主语以及倒装句型。
>There is an apple and two pears on the table.
>There are two pears and an apple on the table.
主谓一致的应用
1.谓语动词用单数
(1)不可数名词作主语时
>Water is very important for humans.
>Knowledge is power.
>Happiness lies first of all in health.
(2)表示时间、金钱、距离、长度等名词复数和数词作主语时
>Eight hours of sleep is enough.
>Thirty minutes was given to prepare for the lesson.
>Ten kilometers is a long distance.
(B)主语为each,either,,neither或由each,either,neither,every,no所修饰时
>Each of the students has a dictionary.
>Either is good enough for me.
>Neither of the books is useful to him.
>No man is born wise.
(4)主语为any,some,every,,no所构成的复合不定代词时
>Anyone who arrives here first will get a present.
>I think that something interesting is going to happen.
>Everybody deserves a chance.
>Nothing is more important than health.
(5)主语为little,much或被much修饰时
>Very little has been done about it.
Much of the time was wasted.
Much water is needed in this place.
(6)主语为“many a/more than one+-单数名词”和“one and a half+名i词复数”时
>Many a visitor has been to the Great Wall.
>More than one chair is in the room.
>One and a half bananas is eaten by the little girl.
(7)“one of/the number of+名词复数”做主语时
>One of these notebooks is mine.
>The number of the members in the swimming club is 50.
8)学科、国家、书籍、机构、报刊等名词作主语时
>Physics is not his strong point.
>China is a developing country.
Treasure Island i