Plural / Singular?

2011-06-10 5:16 am
1. John's family is hawkers.
2. John's family are hawkers.

Teacher told me that the above two sentences are correct! Why?

回答 (1)

2011-06-10 5:06 pm
✔ 最佳答案
先談談,family, committee等等集合名詞(collective noun),其後可用單數形動詞,或複數形動詞,但其意不同

若用單數形動詞,則名詞被視為一個單位,如:

My family is a large one.(我的家庭是個大家庭)
The committee made the decision yesterday.(昨晚委員會作出此決定)

但若用複數形動詞,則是指組成集合體的各個成員,如:

All my family are musicians.(我的家人都是音樂家)
The committee are divided in their opinions.(委員會成員們意見不合)

有了這認識,你也可以知道
John's family are hawkers.是正確


希望幫到你!


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