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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/v-ed/v-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...but also...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.
(3) 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