中式英语之鉴:人数比去年多
日期:2008-10-01 11:16

(单词翻译:单击)

229. 今年应邀出席教师节庆祝活动的教师人数比去年多。


[误] The number of teachers invited to the Teachers\' Day celebrations this year were larger than that of last
year.


[正] The number of teachers invited to the Teachers\' Day celebrations this year was larger than that of last
year.


注:a number of 是“若干,许多”的意思,后面应该用动词的复数形式;第二个句子内 the number of 中的 number 是“数目”的意思,尽管后面接了复数 teachers,但主语是单数的 number,所以动词须用单数。

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