特殊的单复数形式 特殊的名词修饰语 特殊的词组结构
视为单数
  • physics, mathematics(maths), politics, ...
  • the United States, the United Nations,...
  • the Arabian Nights, ...
  • the New York Times, ...
  • 形如"ten+minutes"的表示时间、距离、金钱、...等可视为一段时间、一段距离、一笔钱,...
  • 非谓语动词,从句,...
  • kind/type/sort of, a series of, a species of, a portion of, ...
  • (a) little, much, a great deal of, an amount of, ...
  • many a, more than one, ...
  • the + adj.表示抽象概念
  • each/every/no/many a + and + each/every/no/many a ...
  • 像bread and butter等表示单一概念的and结构
  • 数学上的and加法算式
  • one and a half PL
  • A SNG or two
视为复数
  • people, cattle, the + adj.(一类人),..
  • army, audience, band, class, club, committee, crowd, crew, couple, family, group, government, party, population, staff, team, ...等集体名词指其成员时
  • a large number of,...
  • one or two +PL
不能决定
  • crossroads, means, species,...
  • aircraft, deer, fish, sheep, antelope, bison,...
  • a lot of (lots of), plenty of, loads of, a world of, a flood of, a store of, a mass of (masses of), ...
  • all, some, none, enough,...
  • the rest, ...
  • 分数,百分比,...
  • OR结构--就近原则
  • THERE-BE
  • 倒装结构
  • with/together with/along with
  • like/as well as/including/besides/in addition to/...
  • not/but/except/rather than