2018英语专四语言知识难点讲解:集体名词作主语主谓一致

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2018英语专四语言知识难点讲解:集体名词作主语主谓一致

  1)通常作复数的集体名词

  集体名词,如:police, people, cattle, militia, poultry等,通常作复数,用复数动词。如:

  Domestic cattle provide us with milk, beef and hides.

  2)通常作不可数名词的集体名词

  有些集体名词,如foliage, machinery, equipment, furniture, merchandise,通常作不可数名词,随后的动词用单数。例如:All the machinery in the factory is made in China.

  3)既可作单数也可作复数的集体名词

  集体名词,如audience, committee, class, crew, family, public, government等,既可作单数,也可作复数用。The city council is meeting to set its agenda.

  4) a committee, etc. of +复数名词

  如果主语是由“a committee of /a panel of /a board of +复数名词”构成,随后的动词通常用单数。例如:A committee of five men and three women is to consider the matter.

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