集合名词的用法特点
1. family,team,audience 等,其用法特点为:若视为整体,
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单数意义;若考虑其个体成员,表示复数意义。
This class has 40 pupils.
This class are playing football now. 2. cattle, people, police等,其用法特点为:只有单数形式,但
却表示复数意义,用作主语时谓语动词复数形式;不a, an 连用但
可与the连用。如:
People are beginning to talk about her.
The police were after him. 警察正在追捕他。
3. goods(货物),clothes等,其用法特点为:只有复数形式(当然
也表示复数意义,用作主语时谓语动词用复数),但通常不能与数
词连用。
Such clothes are very expensive.
The goods were stolen.
4.bagge/luggage(行李),clothing(衣服),scenery(风景)等,其用法特点为:是不可数名词,只用单数形式,不用不定冠词,没有复数形式,用作主语时,谓语动词用单数。如:
Our clothing protect us from the cold.
Is this all your baggage ,
5.hair(头发,毛发)的用法特点:指全部头发或毛发时,为集合名词(不可数);指几根头发或毛发时,为个体名词(可数)。
My hair has grown every long.我的头发已经长得很长了。
The police found two hairs there. 6.fruit:作为集体名词,它通常不可数;但若表示种类时,则可作可数名词。如:
He doesn’t eat much. 他不大吃水果。
The potato is a vegetable ,not a fruit .土豆是一种蔬菜,
而不是一种水果。