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bettyofarim · 发表于 2003-11-23 09:06:00

19. The commission acknowledged that no amount of money or staff members can ensure the safety of people who live in the vicinity of a nuclear plant, but it approved the installation because it believed that all reasonable precautions had been taken.
(A) no amount of money or staff members
(B) neither vast amounts of money nor staff members
(C) neither vast amounts of money nor numbers of staff members
(D) neither vast amounts of money nor a large staff
(E) no matter how large the staff or how vast the amount of money
答案是D，为什么C不可以呢？amounts和后面的numbers一致，虽然money是单数但是amounts应该是复数吧？。D的后面是a large staff单数呀？为什么对呢？

gemj · 发表于 2003-11-23 10:04:00

D中neither vast amounts of money nor a large staff
的结构应该是
(neither vast amounts of money) (nor a large staff)
amounts不可能去修饰a large staff

gemj · 发表于 2003-11-23 10:07:00

C中numbers of staff members
的numbers显然是在作（员工的）数目讲，不可以是复数。
而且也没有与前面vast 相对应的表示大的词语出现，不对称。

iinobscurity · 发表于 2003-11-23 10:54:00

staff  是一个集合名词( collective noun), 所以动词要用副数
下面从字典录来的  供你参考
1    staff staffs
    The staff of an organization are the people who work for it.
      The staff were very good.
      The outpatient program has a staff of six people.
      He thanked his staff.
      ...members of staff...
      Many employers seek diversity in their staffs.
    N-COUNT-COLL

      list of collective nouns
    Here is a list of common collective nouns:

      aristocracy, army, audience, bacteria, brood, cast, committee, community, company, council, crew, data, enemy, family, flock, gang, government, group, herd, jury, media, navy, nobility, opposition, press, proletariat, public, staff, team

bettyofarim · 发表于 2003-11-23 12:25:00

在问一下D，neither nor 前面是复数后面是单数，这样不是不对称吗？

gemj · 发表于 2003-11-23 12:33:00

以下是引用bettyofarim在2003-11-23 12:25:00的发言：
在问一下D，neither nor 前面是复数后面是单数，这样不是不对称吗？

没有这个说法吧？
当然，如果对称更好。但肯定不是必须。

bettyofarim · 发表于 2003-11-23 15:00:00

太好了！祝GG申请顺利哦！

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