个体名词:
个体名词指作为个体而存在的人或东西,可以指具体东西,如:
She
has
three
brothers她有三个哥哥。
也可指抽象的东西,如:
He’s
been
here
for
a
month他在这里待一星期了。
下面是一些常见的个体名词:
accident,
account,
actor,
adult,
animal,
answer,
apartment,
article,
artist,
baby,
bag,
ball
集体名词:
集体名词是由个体组成的集体的名称,下面是一些常见的集体名词:
aristocracy,
army
audience,
bacteria,
cast
committee,
community,
company,
council,
crew,
data,
enemy,
family,
flock,
gang
government,
group,
herd
,jury
media
这些词本身有复数(注明者除外),带复数动词,表示多个集体。
单数集体名词有时作单数看待,有时作复数看待。一般说来,作为整体时作单数看待,想到它包含的成员时作复数看待。试比较下面句子:
The
public
was
unlikely
to
support
it公众支持它的可能性不大。
The
public
were
deceived
by
the
newspapers公众受到报纸的蒙骗。
The
enemy
has
suffered
heavy
losses敌人受到重大损失。
The
enemy
were
attacking
the
town敌军正在攻打该城。
The
government
is
discussing
the
proposal
某些集体名词,如family, team等作主语时,如果作为一个整体看待,谓语动词用单数形式,如果就其中一个个成员而言,谓语动词用复数形式。如:
His family is a happy one
The whole family are watching TV
这类名词有:audience,class,club,company,crew,enemy,crowd,government,group,party,public,team等。
名词population一词的使用情况类似。“a group(crowd) of +复数名词”等短语之后的谓语动词也同样可用单数或复数,前者强调整体,后者强调各个部分。
2)某些集体名词,如people, police, cattle等,只当复数看待,谓语动词必须用复数。如:
The police are searching for the thief
一样。
谓语动词单复就集体名词的具体意义而定。
his
family
is
a
big
one
his
family
are
watching
TV
集体名词有的可数,有的不可数。
一般来讲,只能用作单数的集体名称是不可数的,如furniture家俱、equipment设备、machinery机器。而可以用作复数的则是可数名词,如people
cattle
police。
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(人在英国)
英语句子表达,既要注意主谓一致,又要兼顾时态。因此,你给的句子要修改成:
We
ask
people
who
did
not
come
here
the
reason
why
they
did
not
come
We
ask
everyone
who
did
not
come
here
the
reason
why
they
did
not
come
说明:they后面一般现在时态,都是用复数形式。
集体名词单复数情况变化分类:
1、只当作复数看待的名词,谓语动词自然使用复数:
people(人)(做“民族”时,复数形式是peoples),police,cattle,staff
等。
2、单复数形式取决于单词表达意义的常见词:
class,group,team,family,government等,当表示组织单位时,当作单数看待;表示组织单位中的成员时,当作复数看待。例如:
His
family
is
large
The
family
are
watching
TV
3、everyone,everybody等不定代词,在上下文使用人称代词指代时,为了使用方变,经常使用they,代替his
or
her。例如:
We
ask
everyone
if
they
have
their
own
learning
methods
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