文档介绍：and / both … and 连接的并列主语
意义为复数, 谓动用复数
Both rice and cotton grow in abundance in this part of China.
English and Chinese are quite different languages.
and / both … and 连接的并列主语
指同一人(物, 事, 概念), 谓动用单数
My neighbor and colleague is watering the flowers.
The hammer and sickle was flying from a tall flagpole.
each (every, no) … and each (every, no) …连接的并列主语
谓动用单数
Each boy and each girl is congratulated.
Every eventuality and every possibility was being taken into account.
No teacher and no student was present.
more than one, many a ---
谓动用单数
There is more than one answer to your question.
More than one case has been noted.
Many a man has sacrificed him for the revolution.
each, one, on one, some (any, no, every) + body (one or thing)
谓动用单数
Nobody wants to do the work.
Every one of us has had such an experience.
Each couple is asked plete the form.
or, either --- or, neither --- nor, not only --- but (also)
就近原则
A technical manual or samples are distributed free at the exhibition.
Either fans or an air-conditioner is necessary for this lab.
Not only the teacher but also his students object to the change.
名词(或代词) + 介词词组作主语
主语后面跟 with, together with, along with, like, in addition to, as well as, as much as, rather than, more than, no less than, except 等连接的词组,谓动依主语的单复数而定
Some of the workers, as well as the manager, were working during the holidays.
名词(或代词) + 介词词组作主语
Man, no less than the lower forms of life, is the product of evolution.
No one except two servants was late for dinner.
Doctor Smith, together with his wife and two sons, is to arrive on the evening flight.
what, who, why, how, whether 等引导的分句作主语
谓动通常用单数
What interests her is English.
带有复数意义, 也可用复数
What he says and thinks is none of your business.
Parts of Speech: Determine part of speech
(1) morphological markings
In English, morphological markings (inflection)
Suffixes:
Nouns: -ness, -tion, ce (cy)
Verb : -ed, -ing
Adjective : -er, -est
Adverb : ly
Chinese : lack of morphological