关于集合名词谓语单复数的问题~Manhattan和prep笔记的说法不一致。。

Zurichsee

prep2里的一道题~
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Greatly influenced by the Protestant missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was the only one of

the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists during the American Revolution.

(A) was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided

(B) was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided

(C) alone among the five nations of the Iroquois League sided

(D) were the only ones out of the five nations of the Iroquois League in siding

(E) only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided

A. The Oneida为集合名词，谓语应为复数were；the five-nation Iroquois League是一个整体，核心

词就是League，联盟。The only one of the five-nation Iroquois League的核心部分即为the only

one of the League。the League本来就是单一的一个组织，所以the only one of the League这种

表达不正确、不合理。the only one of the five nations，the only one后面接复数名词，才是正确

用法

B. The Oneida为集合名词，谓语应为复数were；alone of的问题，类似上述A选项的the only one。

C.正确，alone在该句中作副词，强调the Oneida的唯一性。

D. Only与ones前后单复数不一致。

E. 使用过去完成时没有根据，本句为对过去事件的简单描述，不够成“过去的过去”这一时点，所以

不应该使用过去完成时；only of的问题，原因同A选项分析

但是M里说（chapter 3）
Collective Nouns：Almost Always Singular
然后虽然说了 In some rare circumstances， collective nouns can be plural（ e.g when emphasis the individual actors， not their unity）。However， on the GMAT， collective nouns are almost always considered singular and therefore require singular verb form。

这道题我没觉得要强调个人~而且选项分析里就压根没提，就说集合名词用复数。这出入很大呀~
请教大家~~~

cicil

其实我也有这个疑问。。。请大牛解答！！！

aeoluseros

笔记里有提：专门针对the+姓氏、朝代、部族、国家、家族名称的集合名词。
这一点其实与Manhattan的tutor解释不矛盾，check the 2nd floor in this thread：
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/uses-of-which-t1766.html

cicil

明白了。谢谢！

我是新生

我今天也遇到这个题了诶。。。也在纠结到底是单数还是复数

onlyonyou

哦,理解了...

AMBER513

PREP 54题目 集合名词单复数问题https://forum.chasedream.com/for ... amp;fromuid=1396486(出处: https://forum.chasedream.com/)
这个帖子里面讲了

谁是谁的小宝贝

Mark一下！