2 dallors is left. ----why 用is 唔用are

2007-12-09 6:51 am
How much money is left? 2 dollars is left. ---------why 用is 唔用 are?

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2007-12-09 8:54 am
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其實我也曾有你類似的問題,當時我看到有以下句子”They will spend as much as XXX dollars”,我看到dollars這既是眾數,為甚麼用much。於是我寫信去明報”問聞切”和蘋果日報的”征服英語”去問個究竟。後來得到兩位編緝回答,終於明白了。
首先是dollar是一個可數的單位名詞,如:five dollars,既是可數,所以多過一時要加s;這和pound, inch這些可數單位名詞一樣。
但一個數目的金錢,會以一個整體來看待,並仍以金錢這概念看待(作不可數),所以,我們會說:Ten dollars is not much.

這樣解釋,希望幫到你!
2007-12-09 6:58 am
dollars is money.Money is uncountable so uncountable things have use 'is' but not 'are'.


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