OG12 SC 133 关于主语的单复数问题.

gollom

133. Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridley turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles.  
(A) requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect
(B) requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting    √
(C) that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect
(D) to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets are protecting
(E) to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting

我有个疑问,即OG解释The subject of the clause introduced by saying that is the singular noun compliance. 但是该句的主语不应该是compliance with laws么?  两者应该为复数不是么?


期待各位解答.不甚感激

gollom

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yeah529

compliance with laws依然是单数的。 主语是compliance，我觉得有点类似于集合名词吧，比如a team of members，后面依然用单数的，而不因为members而变成复数