这位朋友因为跟我写到一样的题目而有一样的困惑 我转贴一下yahoo!字典上的解释 【文】集合名词(注意:集合名词作总称用时使用单数动词,指所有成员时使用复数动词,例 :The orchestra was playing. 管弦乐团正在演奏;The orchestra have all gone home. 管弦乐团的团员都回家了) 如果不相信Y字典的解释，我再贴比较多老外在用的字典网站dictionary.com的Q&A Should I use a singular or a plural verb with a collective noun? A collective noun refers to a whole group as a single entity but also to the members of that group. A collective noun names a group of individuals or things with a singular form. Examples of collective nouns are: faculty, herd, team. There are collective nouns for people, animals, objects, and concepts. The use of a singular or plural verb depends on the context of the sentence. If one is referring to the whole group as a single entity, then the singular verb is best: The school board has called a special session. When a group noun is used with a singular determiner (e.g., a/an, each, every, this, that), singular verbs and pronouns are normal: The team is away this weekend; they have a good chance of winning. There are other contexts where the plural verb is more natural: My family are always fighting among themselves. When the individuals in the collection or group receive the emphasis, the plural verb is acceptable. Generally, however, in American English, collective nouns take singular verbs. In British English, collective nouns are more often treated as plurals that take plural verbs. 事实上跟Y字典的解读是一样的，而且也解释了前面网友的推文，确实的美国人习惯用单数 动词，英国人习惯用多数动词。但是正确的文法上，应该依据文义不同而变化。 因此，在PP破解中，该题确实是指组织所有成员，应用复数。然而在某些句子中使用单数 或复数会有不同意思，请详读以上英文解释。 ※ 引述《chih96 (chih)》之铭言： : 以PP语法笔记test#2 Q54为例 : 54. (27326-!-item-!-188;#058&003502) : Greatly influenced by the Protestant missionary Samuel Kirkland, the Oneida was : the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided with the colonists : during the American Revolution. : (A) was the only one of the five-nation Iroquois League who sided : (B) was alone of the five-nation Iroquois League when they sided : (C) alone among the five nations of the Iroquois League sided : (D) were the only ones out of the five nations of the Iroquois League in siding : (E) only of the five-nation Iroquois League had sided : A: (C) : 在A的解释中提到 : the Oneida为集合名词 所以was应该改为were : 这点和我本来的认知一样 : 就是集合名词作主词 EX:peole(人们) : 後面应该接复数动词吧?! : 所以AT考试中应该还是要用复数动词吧?? : 还是我观念错了 应该是接单数动词呢? : ※ 引述《andyhu2001 (大侠啦~)》之铭言： : : 集合名词代表的是群体的概念， : : 我想问集合名词所接用的动词应该用单数还是复数？ : : 抑或是视情况而定？ --

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