1. 由and和both...and連接的并列主語 此時(shí)謂語動(dòng)詞通常用復(fù)數(shù)。如: Jim and Mary are both interested in it. 吉姆和瑪麗都對此感興趣。 Both brother and sister are college students. 兄妹倆都是大學(xué)生。 【注意】 (1) 當(dāng)由and連接的兩個(gè)并列主語受each, every, no的修飾時(shí),謂語用單數(shù): Every boy and (every) girl likes the book. 每個(gè)男孩女孩都喜歡這本書。 No desk and (no) chair was seen in the room. 房間里不見桌椅。 (2) 當(dāng)and連接兩個(gè)數(shù)相加時(shí),謂語動(dòng)詞可用單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù): Six and eight makes [make] fourteen. 六加八等于十四。 (3) 當(dāng)and連接的兩個(gè)的詞語指同一個(gè)人或事物時(shí),謂語通常要用單數(shù): A cart and horse was seen in the distance. 遠(yuǎn)處看見一輛馬車。 2. 由or, nor, either...or, neither…nor, not only…but also, not…but等連接的并列主語 此時(shí)謂語動(dòng)詞通常與最靠近的主語保持一致(即遵循就近原則)。如: He or I am wrong. 不是他錯(cuò)了,就是我錯(cuò)了。 Either you or he has taken it. 不是你拿了就是他拿了。 Not only the children but also the mother wants to go. 不僅孩子們想去,母親也想去。 注意這類句型的疑問句形式: Were you or he there? 當(dāng)時(shí)是你還是他在那兒? Are either you or he to blame? 是怪你還是怪他? 【注意】 在非正式文體中,個(gè)別結(jié)構(gòu)(如neither…nor)連接主語時(shí),謂語可用復(fù)數(shù): Neither his father nor his mother have [has] come. 他的爸爸和媽媽都沒來。 3. 由as well as, as much as, rather than , more than, no less than 等連接的并連主語 此時(shí)謂語動(dòng)詞通常與前面一個(gè)主語保持一致。如: The teacher as well as the students has read it 不僅學(xué)生讀過它,老師也讀過。 The teacher rather than the students is to blame. 應(yīng)受責(zé)備的是老師而不是學(xué)生。