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1.名词性物主代词作主语时,既可以用作单数,也可以用作复数,这取决于它所代替的是单数还是复数。如:

Your shoes are black,and mine are brown.

你的鞋是黑色的,而我的是棕色的。

2.名词所有格之后的名词被省略,这种情况一般只指商店、工厂、住宅等,作主语时,动词一般用单数。如:

My uncle’s is not far from here.我叔叔的家离这儿不远。

常见的省略名词有:the baker’s(面包房),the barber’s(理发店),the Zhang’s等。

3.such,the same起指示代词作用时,应根据其所指的内容来决定单复数。如:

Such is our plan.我们的计划就是这样。

4.以what,who,why,how,whether等词引导的名词性分句作主语时,其后的动词通常用单数,也可用复数。如:

What caused the accident is a mystery.什么导致了这场事故仍然是个谜。

Why he is late for class is more than I can tell.

为什么他上课迟到,我也说不上来.

Who are going to attend the meeting have been decided by the manager.

哪些人去参加会议,已由经理做出了决定。

注意:两个名词性分句作主语由and连接,表示两件事情,动词用复数。如:

What caused the accident and who was responsible for it remain a mystery to us.

什么导致了这场事故,谁应该为它负责,对于我们来说仍是一个谜。

5.定语从句中的谓语动词单复数形式通常由关系代词之前的先行词来决定。如:

Anyone who breaks the law will be punished.任何违犯法律的人将被处罚。

(anyone是先行词,后面的定语从句中的谓语动词break用了单数形式)

Those who have finished may go home.做完了的人现在可以回家。

Don’t choose me,who am not qualified for this job.

不要选我,我不适合做这项工作。

注意:在“one of+复数名词+定语从句”中,从句中的动词一般采用复数形式,也可用单数。如:

This is one of the rooms that are free now.这是目前空着的房间之一。

That is one of the most valuable dictionaries that has appeared in recent years.

那本词典是近几年来所见到的最有价值的词典之一。

在“the(only)one+复数名词+定语从句”结构中,从句的谓语动词用单数。如:

He is the only one of the teachers who knows French in our school.

他是我们学校中唯一懂法语的人。

He is the only one of those workers who is able to do this job.

他是那些工人中唯一能做此工作的人。