主谓一致
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10．表示重量，度量，衡量，价值，时间的复数名词或短语作主语，谓语常用单数。
Fifteen minutes seems a long time for one who waits．
A hundred and thirty dollars is a reasonable price for that fur coat．
11．书名，报刊名，地名，国名，建筑物和机构的名称即使以复数形式出现，谓语动词也要用单数。
New York Times reports that at the massacre in Ahmici 103 Muslims，including 33 women and children，were killed．
The United States is in North America．
"The Virginians"is a good story．
12．定语从句的谓语应与先行词一致。
Roy is among the athletes who have competed in the Olympics．
注意：当"one ＋of ＋名词的复数"在关系代词前时，要非常小心。
Hill is one of the men who were chosen to represent the group．
在被选为小组代表成员的人中，希尔是其中之一。
He is the only one of the boys who knows the secret．
在男孩中，他是唯一知道这个秘密的人。
13．"more（less）than ＋数词"短语作主语，谓语可用单数也可用复数，视情况而定。
More than one has found it so．
There was less than sixty there ．（着重指抽象的数目）
There were fewer than sixty there．（暗示具体的事物）
14．"（the）part of ＋n．"作主语，谓语用单数，但强调个体时用复数。
The greatest part of these years was spent on study．
The greatest part of the population are illiterate．
15．"a pair of ＋名词复数（gloves／ shoes／socks／scissors／trousers，etc．）"，"the number of ＋名词复数"作主语，谓语动词用单数。
A pair of scissors has been bought．
The number of students was sm all．
而"a couple of／a score of／dozen of／ a number of ＋复数名词"作主语，谓语动词一律用 复数。
A couple of rabbits have been caught．
There come a score of people．
Dozen of them have been sent to work in the strip mine．
A number of students were sick．
16．"all（some，none，most）of．．．""the rest"作主语，要酌情而定，谓语既可用单数 又可用复数。
None of the passengers were aware of the danger．（侧重全体）
None of my friends has ever been to Paris．（侧重个体）
Most of the apples were rotten．
Most of the apple was eaten by a rat．
Although the first part is easy，the rest is（are）difficult．
17．"one or two ＋名词复数"，"one or m ore ＋名词复数"作主语，谓语动词用复数。"a＋单数名词or two"作主语，谓语动词可用单数也可用复数。
There are one or two subjects to choose．
Only a word or two is（are）needed here．
Exercises：
用括号中动词的正确形式填空：
1．Mr．Mike is instructing the listeners，but none ____ （be）listening．
2．The committee ____ （have）been arguing about the financial problems amongthemselves for many hours．
3．Our football team ____ （have）won the championship．
4．Our football team ____ （be）quarreling over their different positions．
5．Cowboy pants ____ （be）popular last year．
6．A loss of wealth，a loss of health，a loss of friends， ____ （seem）to be aserious problem．
7．To make life worth living ____ （sound）nice．
8．One or perhaps more plays ____ （have）been written by the playwright．
9．The president of the college，along with some other faculty members， ____ （be） planning a conference．
10．"Keeping cool"is the first of the rules that ____ （be）to be remembered in an accident．
11．Neither he nor I ____going to attend the party tomorrow．
12．None ____ （be）so sure of his knowledge as one who ____ （have）only a little learning．
Key：1．are2．have 3．has 4．are 5．were6．seems
7．sounds 8．have 9．is10．are11．am 12．is，has
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