单复数

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可数名词

  • emission,resolution, wavelength,detail,continuum
  • a bin size
  • 单复数同形的名词: literature,staff,faculty
  • 不规则复数形式
index --> indices
formula --> formulae
locus --> loci
torus --> tori
modulus --> moduli
nebula --> nebulae
  • 一对的东西(glasses,trousers,clothes)要用pair, suit,
a pair of glasses
  • 集体名词,如committee, majority 视语境采用单复数
  • as follow 应该为 as follows 或者 as following

不可数名词

  • irradiation,illumination
  • 比如evidence,information,equipment,manpower, advantage等抽象名词
  • 可以用a lot of, a piece of, many/several pieces of
  • 单位符号没有复数

其它

  • different, various 等表示大于1的数字时候,后面接负数
different kinds of
1.3 meters
  • 否定形式后面也可以接复数
Not any are working.
  • That,It 用第三人称单数, which,that不一定
there are four apples that belong to me
  • Everyone本身是单数,但是对应的意思是复数
Everyone wants their work published quickly.
  • every总是修饰单数名词,后接单数动词。
Every one of them goes to the same factory.
  • each作为形容词,修饰单数名词,接单数动词。作为代词,单独使用,接单数动词;放在复数名词和代词后作同位语,接复数动词。
Each man carries his own bag. (修饰单数名词)
Each carries his own bag. (代词)
We each have our own office. (作We的同位语).
  • each of +名词复数作主语,后面的谓语动词用单数。
Each of them goes to a different factory.