a number of后接单数还是复数呢?
具体如下:
(1)a number of
意为“许多,大量”,后加可数名词复数。作主语时,谓语动词用复数。
(2)the number of
意为“......的数量”,后加可数名词复数。作主语时,谓语动词用单数。
近似词:
修饰可数名词,就像some,many,lots of,a lot of那样的.注意a number of修饰的可数名词要用复数形式,be动词也要用复数(即are,具体因时态而定)!
e.g.A large number of students are ill these days because of the swine flu.这些天我们班的许多学生都因为猪流感而病了。
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