every的用法

GMAT06

The explaination from American heritage book is interesting, but I think it limited the word"every" here as "all" not "every + quantities+ noun" which is a expresstion of ratio, so they have different meanings in these two sentenses.

Try to feel this: every 32 students VS every students ??

Just my opinions....let's try our best!!

yilan

还是很confuse阿

tony_cn

我觉得这个时候every是作adj。 修饰students。  所以应该用复数。

而each ，either等单词可以作pron.    例如： each of students 时 这个时候each本身就是主语  所以用singular

mangzi99

fengyun1

找阿找，金山词霸的解释蛮好的，贴给大家：

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 whose antecedent is 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 people persist in using the plural pronoun, as in   Every car must have their brakes tested. Although the latter pattern is common in the speech of all groups, it is still widely regarded as grammatically incorrect in writing.

cx1205

your means is when i met every +number +nouns ,useing plural,and when we met every +nouns ,using singular?? are you sure??

smilinggirl1

想问一下，问什么four times as many as there were，为什么不是there was,应该是单数吧

fantasy06

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ynian

新东方石林讲座：

在GMAT中不考单复数的整体概念，因为容易造成混淆，所以名词加s就是复数概念，不加就是单数概念。

在四六级，高考中every的概念在GMAT中用不到。

fantasy06

Thanks!