请教一个单复数问题

viviansecret · 发表于 2010-12-25 03:20:45

请教一个问题，every thirty-two pupils做主语的话算单数还是复数？后面谓语动词应该用has还是have呢？

请NN指教！

sdcar2010 · 发表于 2010-12-25 04:28:36

Two out of every ten students have a computer at home.

One out of every ten students has a secrete lover.

viviansecret · 发表于 2010-12-25 05:09:15

谢谢LS的，不过我的那个句子里前面还有个every了啊，那算单数还是复数呢？

sdcar2010 · 发表于 2010-12-25 05:42:45

"every thirty-two pupils" itself cannot be an subject of a sentence.

viviansecret · 发表于 2010-12-25 06:03:23

恩，对的，原句中“every thirty-two pupils”做主语的选项是错误选项。但是请问为什么它不能做主语呢？

谢谢NN指点！

viviansecret · 发表于 2010-12-26 07:03:36

自己顶一下，等待解答。。。

viviansecret · 发表于 2010-12-29 12:48:13

刚在Manhattan 4th SC那本书上找到了答案，应该用单数。

原文讲解是“You have just learned that as the subject of a sentence, each or every requires a singular verb form. The same is true for any subject preceded by the word "each" or "every". ... Note that "each" following a subject has no bearing on the verb form”

sdcar2010 · 发表于 2010-12-29 13:23:25

刚在Manhattan 4th SC那本书上找到了答案，应该用单数。

原文讲解是“You have just learned that as the subject of a sentence, each or every requires a singular verb form. The same is true for any subject preceded by the word "each" or "every". ... Note that "each" following a subject has no bearing on the verb form”

-- by 会员 viviansecret (2010/12/29 12:48:13)

I believe what Manhattan talks about is for Each ONE, Each ONE of... or Every ONE of ..., or Every pupil, not Every 32 pupils.

viviansecret · 发表于 2010-12-29 14:00:12

Manhattan SC gives a right example: "Every dog and cat HAS paws." And the corresponding explanation is "You may think that the subjects of the second and third sentences are plural. (This example is the second one.) However, in each case, the subject is preceded by each or every. Therefore, the subject is considered singular." I still think that the "every 32 pupils" is a singular concept.

andrewyin · 发表于 2010-12-29 15:36:27

单数只要是 EVERY，EACH， NEITHER，EITHER开头（并且 NEITHER，EITHER 单独出现）的句子都是单数。。。
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请教一个单复数问题

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