there be A or B

jingjing6688

there be A or B中的be动词的单复数是看A还是看B呢？按说there be句型应该是就近修饰啊，就应该看A，但是A or B的谓语动词又是看B，到底是看A还是看B呢？还是因为A or B是二者择一所以逻辑上用is呢？

jingjing6688

自己给自己顶一个~~NN们快来啊~~

jingjing6688

都没有人理..是不是太简单了这个问题..nn们都不屑..

AlienX

umm...對我來說是難題
OG/Prep上沒有 there is/are/were/was/has been/have been X or Y的句子.
沒注意到文法書上有沒有.
我會傾向用X來決定
anyway, 等NN來說~

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-3-15 4:30:53编辑过]

cuishang11

Downzoning, zoning that typically results in the reduction of housing density,
allows for more open space in areas where little water or services exist.
(A) little water or services exist
(B) little water or services exists
(C) few services and little water exists
(D) there is little water or services available
(E) there are few services and little available water  

正确答案E

引用薰衣草牛牛的解释做答

1. there be并非就近修饰. little water and a few services中间如果用了and就要用复数谓语动词. or/either...or.../neither...nor...这些才是就近修饰.

2. 原句的意思是要表达few, little(有否定意义的词), 不要轻易改变原文的意思, 即改成a few或者a little, 这样就变成肯定了.

3. 只有否定句才用or, 而不是and. 只有含有否定词, 即no, not 才是否定句. 注意, 不是"有否定意义的词". 虽然这句句子里有few, little, 也不是否定句, 所以用and.

D中出现了there be X or Y句型，但本质上也没有正面回答楼主的问题 。og11的解释只是说little不能形容services，回避了there be的单复数；而OG10中的解释是： Also, since water and services are being discussed as a pair, they should logically be treated as a compound subject requiring a plural verb; thus, the singular verbs exists (in B and C) and is (in D) are wrong. 即把water和services看成一个整体，从而D中的is不对，这样解释好像也没说是不是因为there be X or Y不存在就近原则。同时我也怀疑在OG11中不再提这一点，似乎GMAC自己也不太肯定啊，所以干脆不提

而且还引出新的问题 即there be X and Y到底是不是遵循谓语就近原则  换句话就是问E选项中使用are是因为就近跟few services一致还是因为后面是个复合名词词组？？？如果把D中的or改成and ,there后要用什么呢？

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-5-7 1:05:47编辑过]