??9.有些复数形式的名词，如：means， headquarters，odds，amends(赔偿)，pains， tidings (消息)单复数相同，作主语时，谓语要酌情而定。
??What is the odds?(odds =matter)
??All possible means have been adopted.
??Great pains have(has)been taken.(费了很大的劲。)
??Much pains has been taken.(费尽心机)
??10.表示重量，度量，衡量，价值，时间的复数名词或短语作主语，谓语常用单数。
??Fifteen minutes seems a long time for one who waits.
??A hundred and thirty dollars is a reasonable price for that fur coat.
??11.书名，报刊名，地名，国名，建筑物和机构的名称即使以复数形式出现，谓语动词也要用单数。
??New York Times reports that at the massacre in Ahmici 103 Muslims，including 33 women and children，were killed.
??The United States is in North America.
? "The Virginians"is a good story.
??12.定语从句的谓语应与先行词一致。
??Roy is among the athletes who have competed in the Olympics.
??注意：当"one +of +名词的复数"在关系代词前时，要非常小心。
??Hill is one of the men who were chosen to represent the group.
??在被选为小组代表成员的人中，希尔是其中之一。
??He is the only one of the boys who knows the secret.
? 在男孩中，他是唯一知道这个秘密的人。
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??13."more(less)than +数词"短语作主语，谓语可用单数也可用复数，视情况而定。
??More than one has found it so.
??There was less than sixty there .(着重指抽象的数目)
??There were fewer than sixty there.(暗示具体的事物)
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??14."(the)part of +n."作主语，谓语用单数，但强调个体时用复数。
??The greatest part of these years was spent on study.
??The greatest part of the population are illiterate.
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