名词词组中心词为表示度量、距离、金额、时间、书名等复数名词与数词连用作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。如：

　　Ten days is a long time to wait for all answers.

　　Two yuan is enough for me.

　　2. 由and连接的并列单数主语前分别有every，each，no修饰时，谓语动词用单数形式。如：

　　In our class every boy and every girl has a dictionary.

　　3. 主语由more than one...或many a... 构成，尽管意义上指复数内容，但谓语动词仍用单数形式。如：

　　Many a student studies hard(许多学生学习都很刻苦).

　　4. “就远原则”中的but考过，其它如as well as, no less than, along with, together with, with, like, rather than, except, besides, including等要与其前面的主语保持一致。如：

　　He, as well as his sons, is going to Shanghai.

　　The library with it's books has been offered to the school.

　　5. the+adj. 表示一类人/物，如the rich, the blind, the old等，谓语动词用复数。如：

　　The rich are not always happy than the poor.

　　The blind are needed our help.

　　6. 从句作主语多用单数，如所指内容为复数意义时，谓语动词则用复数形式。如：

　　What we want is only more money.

　　What we want are more people.

　　7. this kind (sort，type...)+of+名词作主语，谓语都用单数；all kinds (sorts，types...)＋of+名词作主语, 谓语动词用复数形式。如：

　　This kind of book has been published.

　　All kinds of trees have been destroyed.

　　8. all, most，half，part，the rest等词作主语时，所指内容如为复数意义，谓语动词则用复数形式，反之，则用单数形式。如：

　　Half of the money is gone.

　　The rest of the students have gone to the library.

　　9. 分数/百分数+名词作主语时，谓语动词与of后的名词保持一致。如：

　　Two-thirds of the earth is made up of vast ocean.

　　Seventy percent of the people have given up smoking.

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