国家、单位的名字。egTheTimesispublisheddailyTheU
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eed。2）代词both作主语。egBothofthemhavereceivedhigheducatio
3．需要进行分析才能确定的主语部分1）代词allsome作主语。所代的名词是可数名词，就看作复数；是不可数名词，就看作单数。egAllisreadyEverythi
gisreadyAllareprese
tAllthepeoplestude
tsareprese
t2）alotoflotsofple
tyofsomea
y20ofhalfof等词组作主语。所修饰的名词是可数名词，就看作复数；是不可数名词，就看作单数。eg70ofthesurfaceoftheearthiscoveredwithwater90ofthegraduatesfromthehighschoolgotou
iversity3）关系代词whowhichthat作主语。由先行词决定单、复数。egThestude
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lyo
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eofthestude
tsi
ourclasswhohavebee
toBeiji
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tswhohasbee
toLo
do
4）一些表示集体意义的名词如familyteamclass等。当这些名词强调的是一个整体时，看作单数；当它们强调的是这个集体中的成员时，看作复数。egHappyfamiliesareallalikeeveryu
happyfamilyisu
happyi
itsow
wayMyfamilyareallearlyrisers4．出现在句首，用连词或介词连接的两个名词或词组1）用botha
d连接的两个名词看作复数。BothKatea
dJea
arefootballplayers
f2）用oreitheror
either
or
oto
lybutalso连接的两个名词，由靠近动词的名词决定单复数。EitheryouorIamtogoNoto
lythestude
tsbutalsotheteacherhastoobservetherules3）用aswellastogetherwithlikebesidesbutexcept等连接的两个名词，由第一个名词决定单复数。egHiseyebrowsaswellashishairare
owwhiteNoo
ebutthesetwopeasa
tshasbee
there实际上这些都是介词短语提前，不是并列的主语。4）用a
d连接的两个名词有几种情况：a看作复数。egToma
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