the people who bathe in the sunshine 还是the people who bathes in the sunshine
2023-05-19 16:31:39the people who bathe in the sunshine 还是the people who bathes in the sunshine
- meira
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单复数同形,在泛指时就可以说 a people(一个人)也可以说 many people(许多人)。如果是特指 the people,就含有两种情况,可能是“这/那个人” 也可能是“这/那些人”,究竟是指那种情况,是由说话人或上下文所指而定的。
此处只是个带有定语从句的名词短语,后面的谓语部分会决定指的是一个人还是几个人。如:
The people (who bathe in the sunshine) [are] all from the North.
The people (who bathes in the sunshine) [is] from the North.
The people (who bathe in the sunshine) [work] in a same company.
The people (who bathe in the sunshine) [works] in the company.
有时候,上下文也无法确定指的是单数还复数。为了避免歧义,最好改用其他说法。如:
【复数主语】
(All of the people) who (bathe) in the sunshine …
(The persons) who (bathe) in the sunshine …
【单数主语】
(One of the people) who bathes in the sunshine …
(The person) who (bathes) in the sunshine …
- nicehost
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先行词是people ,因此是复数
用bathe
who 是关系代词,不是疑问词,如果是疑问词,who 做主语,默认单数
- LocCloud
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people是集合名词,无单数形式。指某个人可以用a person ,如果你表达的是很多人应该是前者