文档介绍：主谓一致 Subject—verb Concord/Agreement
主谓一致指句子主语和谓语在人称和数上的一致。主谓一致有三原则:
语法一致(Grammatical Concord)
意义一致(Notional Concord)
就近原则(Principle of Proximity)
is futile to discuss the matter further, because ____going to agree upon anything today. (2003-50)
  A. neither you nor I are
B. neither you nor me is
  C. neither you nor I am
D. neither me nor you are
答案:C 参考译文:进一步讨论这个事情是无益的,因为今天你我都在任何事情上不愿达成一致。
原则:就近原则Principle of Proximity
1)当there be 句型的主语是一系列事物时,谓语应与最邻近的主语保持一致。 There is a pen, a knife and several books on the desk.. There are twenty boy-students and twenty-three girl-students in the class.
2)当or, nor, either… or, neither… nor, not only… but also 连接两个主语时,谓语动词与最邻近的主语保持一致。
Either you or she is to go.
3)在倒装句中,动词的数应和它后面的主语的数一致。如以here, there开头,be 动词与后面第一个名词一致。如: There is a dog near the door. There were no schools in this area before liberation. es the bus. On the wall were two famous paintings. Here is Mr. Brown and his children.
. Wells, together with all the members of his family, ____ for Europe this afternoon.
A. are to leave B. are leaving
C. is leaving D. leave
答案:C 参考译文:威尔斯先生,连同所有的家人,今天下午出发去欧洲。
原则:语法一致Grammatical Concord
如果主语后跟有with, together with, along with, but, except, besides, perhaps , like, including, as well as, as much as, no less than, more than, rather than, in addition to, panied by,等引起的短语,谓语动词仍与短语前的主语的形式保持一致。如: 1)His sister, no less than you, is wrong. 2)The father, rather than the brothers, is responsible for the accident. 3)He, like you and Xiao Liu is very diligent.
4)Every picture except these two has been sold.
5)Alice as well as her friends was invited to the concert. 6)Nobody but Mary and I was in the classroom at that time.
3. The statistics ___ that living standards in the area have improved drastically in recent times.     
  A. proves    B. is proving  
C. are proving  D. prove
答案:D
解析:statistics在本句中表示“数据统计”而不是“统计学”,因此谓语动词不可用第三人称单数;此外 prove 表示“(已)证明”,不可用现在进行时态,因此,D为正确。
原则:意义一致Notional Concord
以”i