与后接名词或代词保持一致


  15.6 与后接名词或代词保持一致

   1) 用half of, part of, most of, a portion of 等词引起主语时,动词通常与of后面的名词,代词保持一致。

  Most of his money is spent on books.

  Most of the students are taking an active part in sports.

   2) 在一些短语,如 many a 或 more than one 所修饰的词作主语时,谓语动词多用单数形式。但由more than… of 作主语时,动词应与其后的名词或代词保持一致。

   Many a person has read the novel.许多人都读过这本书。

   More than 60 percent of the students are from the city.百分之六十多的学生都来自这个城市。