词组 | company |
释义 | company 【问】 (a) The Edison Telephone Company was presently swallowed up by the Bell TelephoneCompany. (Shaw) (b) It was told yesterday that the company____me there next week for a businessconference. A. shall have sent B. are going to send C. shall be sending D.shall send(Nelson,250A) 答案为B。在句(a)中company的谓语动词为单数(was),而在句(b)中company的谓语动词用复数(are going),这是怎么回事呢? 【答】 当把company看成一个集合体时,其谓语动词和代词均用单数;当把company看作是可分离的组成人员时,其谓语动词和代词应用复数。下列试题中company显然是指集合体,因此其关系代词不应当用who,而应当用which: They always give a reward to the company who has the largest number of employeescontrihuting more than $ 1,000 a year.(TOEFL,73.3) association,corporation,federation,firm等词的谓语动词的单复数问题,与前面讨论的情况相似。(参见committee,family) 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第266-267页. |
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