OG107单复数问题

flywood

OG107
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
选E。

有一些关于单复数的疑问:AorB的结构,谓语不是和B保持一直吗?OG有一点解释是Since water and services are being discussed as a pair, they should logically be treated as a compound suject requiring a plural verb; thus, the singular verbs "exists" (in B and C) and "is" (in D) are wrong.
为什么这里这么解释了,不明白什么时候应该把A or B看成a pair,什么时候跟B保持一致,还有一个问题就是到底和A还是B一致,还是就是用复数呢?看过以前的贴子,未解决

rt316

这里的a pair是从逻辑上确定的，并非语法问题。

tweib

看到stoneren XD的贴再忙也要看、想，呵呵，很有帮助的

更明确一小点：当主语由and连结时，如果它表示一个单一的概念，即指同一人或同一物时，谓语动词用单数，and 此时连接的两个词前只有一个冠词。例如：

　 The iron and steel industry is very important to our life. 钢铁工业对我们的生活有重要意义。

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-9-4 0:23:06编辑过]

agk99

看到這樣的討論，讓我想到可能還是有例外吧

也就是說有時候 A and B is , 也有時候是用are 得由句意判斷

即便是連接詞改為or ,也會有單複數的問題，請大家繼續討論

likui

以下是引用flywood在2004-9-3 11:41:00的发言：
OG107
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
选E。

or 要的单复数问题要用就近原则；

这题，little 修饰模糊，所以A，B，D都可以开始就排除了；

A and B 谓语通常用复数；特殊的情况我举个例子你就明白了～

my teacher and friend is 我的良师益友～

有一些关于单复数的疑问:AorB的结构,谓语不是和B保持一直吗?OG有一点解释是Since water and services are being discussed as a pair, they should logically be treated as a compound suject requiring a plural verb; thus, the singular verbs "exists" (in B and C) and "is" (in D) are wrong.
为什么这里这么解释了,不明白什么时候应该把A or B看成a pair,什么时候跟B保持一致,还有一个问题就是到底和A还是B一致,还是就是用复数呢?看过以前的贴子,未解决

flywood

可是在107这题中,OG的解释很明确, the singular verbs "exists" (in B and C) and "is" (in D) are wrong.是因为water and services are being discussed as a pair也就是说它的解释的原因不是因为SERVICES是复数,而是因为两个名词看成一个复合概念.如果按STONEREN所讲的意思就是说因为是逻辑意思上的判断是一个A PAIR,所以这里用复数是吗?还有一个问题:There be A and B 的谓语由什么决定,是A还是B,还是A和B共同决定呢?

flywood

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rt316

ETS的意思是or的用法不合适，应该是and

Pudding

我還是很困惑.

看了所有這道題目的相關討論, 都是base on把"or"改成 "and"之後到底該用單數還是複數, 或者"為什麼用and不用or", 是因為ETS認為用and比較合適...

可是ETS不是要求我們不要改變題目原意嗎? 題目就告訴我們是or啊?!!! 雖然我知道這裡是"矮子裡拔將軍", 沒有其他更適合的選項了, 可是我對於ETS要把or 改成 and 還是覺得很困惑... 假如選項中還有個跟E一模一樣, 只是把and換成or的, 那要選哪一個啊?

fbfamous

我不明白另外一点

exist和availale意思不一样吧？？他这么换，没改变句子意思？？？