2、以集体名词army, class, enemy,
family, government, group, team,crew,crowd,public等集体名词作主语时,谓语应视其情况而用不同形式:当作主语被看作一个整体时,谓语用单数,如果被看成是其中的个体成员时,谓语就用复数。如:
Our class is better than any other classes at playing
basketball in our school. 在打篮球方面,我们班胜过我们学校的任何一个班。
Our class are playing a basketball match tomorrow. 我们班同学明天要举行一场篮球赛。
Our family is not poor any more. 我们家已经不再贫困了。
My family all speak the Intuit language.我一家人都讲因努伊特语。
[注意]population 单独使用作主语时,谓语动词用单数;而前面有some, most 或与分数、百分数连用作主语时,则谓语动词用复数形式。例如:
Most of the population of the city are workers.这个城市人口的大多数是工人。
One third of the population now smoke.三分之一的人口在吸烟。
The population in our country is very large, and eighty
percent of the population are farmers.我们国家人口众多,而80%的人口是农民。