E)名词化的形容词作主语
28)如果主语由"the+形容词(或过去分词)"结构充当时,谓语通常用复数。这类词有the brave,the poor,the rich,the blind,the young,the old,the sick,the dead,the deaf and dumb,the oppressed,the injured,the wounded,the unem-ployed等;但也有少数的过去分词与定冠词连用时指个别,则用单数。例如:
The blind study in special schools.
The rich are for the plan,but the poor are against it.
The departed(死者) was a wellknown engineer.
这类形容词或分词如果要表示个体时,就要与名词man,person或表示人的单数连用。例如:an old man,a rich person,the (a) wounded soldier,等。
F)从句及其它作主语
29)由what引导的主语从句,谓语动词通常用单数;所指的具体内容若是复数意义,谓语动词一般用复数形式。例如:
What we need is more time.What we need are doctors.
30)在"one of+复数名词+who/that/which"引导的从句结构中,关系代词who/that/which的先行词是靠近它的复数名词而不是one,因此,从句中的动词应该是复数形式。例如:
This is one of the most interesting questions that have been asked.
但是,当one之前有the only等修饰语时,关系代词的先行词是one,而不是靠近它的复数名词,因此从句的动词应是单数形式。例如:She was the only one of the girls who was late for the meeting.
31)动名词及其短语、动词不定式、从句作主语时,谓语动词用单数。例如:
Nodding the head means aGREement,while shaking it means disagreement.
To hold the Olympic Games is a rich prize for a country.
