GMAT/留學申請專業顧問 Donz 之資訊交流園地

Subject Verb Agreement 除了基本的主詞和動詞需一致外，在此也列出一些觀念 (並參考 Manhattan SC 內容):

1. 附屬子句 (Additive Phrases) 新增的名詞，並不會增加主詞的特性

Baseball and Basketball are popular sports in Taiwan.  -->  And 連接兩個單數名詞，所以主詞為複數
Baseball, along with (也可用 like) basketball, is a popular sports in Taiwan.  -->   along with 引導的附屬子句，並不影響主詞結構，主詞還是只有 baseball，為單數。

2. 總體名詞 (Collective Nouns)，記為單數

People: agency, army, audience, class, committee, crowd, orchestra, team
Items: baggage, citrus, equipment, fleet, fruit, furniture

3. There + Be + N，Be 動詞由 N 決定  

Ex: There is a dog.  VS  There are dogs.

4. Neither....nor,  either.....or，動詞形式由最近的名詞決定    

Neither the teacher nor the students are in the classroom.
Neither the students nor the teacher is in the classroom.

5. Some, Any, None, All, More/Most, % of 名詞，動詞形式由名詞決定

Some of the paper is lost.  
Some of the documents are lost.