集體名詞作主語主謂一致
1)通常作復(fù)數(shù)的集體名詞
集體名詞,如:police, people,cattle,militia,poultry等,
通常作復(fù)數(shù),用復(fù)數(shù)動詞。如:
Domestic cattle provide us with milk, beef and hides.
2)通常作不可數(shù)名詞的集體名詞
有些集體名詞,如foliage,machinery,equipment,furniture,merchandise,通常作不可數(shù)名詞,隨后的動詞用單數(shù)。例如:All the machinery in the factory is made in China.
3)既可作單數(shù)也可作復(fù)數(shù)的集體名詞
集體名詞,如audience, committee, class, crew, family, public, government等,既