prep07 2-54 关于collective nouns单复数问题

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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
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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
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解释中我比较不能接受的是说集合名词后面应用复数
manhattan上面不是说 collective nouns almost always singular 吗
这题不算是特例里的啊？