every的用法

ghostlhx

now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils是比率的正确表示方法,four times as many as 是修饰前面整个比率的,THERE WERE后省略了microcomputers for pupils

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lukewang1983

以下是引用chelin_wu1220在2005-2-27 16:11:00的发言：

four times as many as there were 的主语是computer,所以要用were

因为如果four times 是指every thirty-two students or the ratio(one computer for every thirty-two students的话

都是在逻辑上说不通的

wow, strong support your explaination!!! Its much better than og's!

And Ｉｗanna say something about "every", in og89, can we just think every 32 students as a GROUP??? then we can use “单数"

howardwang

every thirty-two pupils做主语时，谓语应该用复数。

因为 every在此是形容词，中心词是pupils。即使表示的是个小组的概念，也是指小组整体。这类似于people.

表示个体感念是，every 更强调总体中的个体，它的“总合”意义很重；

juliet01192000

我认为“four times as many as there were”是修饰学生与电脑的比率的（one microcomputer for every 32 students）.这在逻辑上是讲的通的。因为本句比较的就是这个比率在时间先后上的不同，从而表明有更多的学生拥有了电脑。如果这个短语仅仅修饰电脑的话，没有什么意义，因为现在电脑的数量是原来的4倍，但是现在学生的人数也有可能增加，算下来，现在的比率可能还比原来的低呢！！！

看到有人说there were后省略了computers for students又觉得有道理， 我想应该把它理解为是电脑和学生比率的另一种表示方法（以前也是很多电脑对很多学生，只不过学生数量很多：））。

向大家求证理解是否正确！！！谢谢！！！

puppytiger

thanks

IndianaJones

terrific

carlito

NICE!!

swich36

谢谢

mywaymydream

我又知道了一个用法,这正是这几天我在考虑的.

demon_hunter

以下是引用joe11在2005-2-25 21:39:00的发言：

American Heritage Book of English Usage     http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/027.html

§ 27. every

Every is representative of a large class of English words and expressions that are singular in form but felt to be plural in sense. The class includes, for example, noun phrases introduced by every, any, and certain uses of some. These expressions invariably take a singular verb; we say Every car has (not have) been tested. Anyone is (not are) liable to fall ill. But when a sentence contains a pronoun that refers to a previous noun phrase introduced by every, grammar and sense pull in different directions. The grammar of these expressions requires a singular pronoun, as in Every car must have its brakes tested, but the meaning often leads people to use the plural pronoun, as in Every car must have their brakes tested. The use of plural pronouns in such cases is common in speech, but it is still widely regarded as incorrect in writing.	1
The effort to adhere to the grammatical rule causes complications, however. The first is grammatical. When a pronoun refers to a phrase containing every or any that falls within a different independent clause, the pronoun cannot be singular. Thus it is simply not English to say Every man left; he took his raincoat with him. Nor can you say No one could be seen, could he? If you are unwilling to use plural forms in these examples, you must find another way of expressing your meaning, either by rephrasing the sentence so as to get the pronoun into the same clause (as in Every man left, taking his raincoat with him) or by substituting another word for every or any (as in All the men left; they took their raincoats with them).	2
The second complication is political. When a phrase introduced by every or any refers to a group containing both men and women, what pronoun should you use? Consider the example Every person in this office must keep track of his (her? his or her? their?) own expenses. This matter is discussed at he under Gender.

According to this explanation, "every thirty-two students " should be followed by plural verb, isn't it?

confusing...

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Demon Hunter

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