分数在句子中做主语谓语动词的单复形式

Question

如题所述

Answer 1

两个考虑因素：

 æ‰€è¡¨è¾¾çš„数字概念是复数用复数谓语，是单数就用单数谓语；

就近原则：靠近谓语的是可数复数用复数谓语，单数或不可数则用单数谓语。

例：

One-third of this article is taken up with statistical analysis.

One-third of the students have graduate degrees.

Fifty percent of the job is routine.

Fifty percent of the computers have CD-ROM drives.

10% is not a big chunk.

A minority of the students are willing to pay more.

The minority is not willing to pay more.

注意下面几个例句：

Six weeks is not long enough.

Ten dollars is a great deal of money to a child.

Ten kilometres is too far to walk.

下面几个例句单复数谓语都可以：

A 75% majority have/has voted against the measure.

A 10% minority are/is opposed to the measure.

Ten percent of the population is/are bilingual.

Half of my family lives/live in Canada.