英语讲义【45】“One of...”中的复数名词
<p> <span word="We">We</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="licensed">licensed</span> <span word="Real">Real</span> <span word="Estate">Estate</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fastest">fastest</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="housing">housing</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Singapore">Singapore</span>.</p><p> 上面这句房地产广告中的话，望文生义，清楚易解，只可惜犯了语法上的一个大忌，就是把复数名词变成单数：<span word="agenciesagency">agenciesagency</span>.</p><p> 单数也可以，只是后半部的句子要作调整：<span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fastest">fastest</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="housing">housing</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Singapore">Singapore</span>.</p><p> 调整后的句子避免了语法错误，但是句子的意思有些改变，就是从其中一个代理商变成唯一的代理商。最好还是从根本的语法错误着手，就是把<span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span>后头的 <span word="agency">agency</span> 改为 <span word="agencies">agencies</span>.这种错误改正，在学生英文作文里，是司空见惯的事，不足为奇的。例如：</p><p> ① <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Asian">Asian</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="mobs">mobs</span>.（应改为<span word="countries">countries</span>）</p><p> ② <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="obvious">obvious</span> <span word="disadvantage">disadvantage</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="intimate">intimate</span>.（应改为<span word="disadvantages">disadvantages</span>）</p><p> 从这样的改正中可以看到在<span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span>这样的句式中，跟着出现的名词必须是可数复数名词（<span word="plural">plural</span> <span word="countable">countable</span> <span word="nouns">nouns</span>）如： <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="friends">friends</span>, <span word="shops">shops</span>, <span word="goats">goats</span> 等，而不是可数单数名词如： <span word="country">country</span>, <span word="friend">friend</span>, <span word="shop">shop</span>, <span word="goat">goat</span> 或不可数名词（<span word="uncountable">uncountable</span> <span word="nouns">nouns</span> ）, 如：<span word="love">love</span>, <span word="oil">oil</span>, <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span>, <span word="information">information</span> 等。因此，除了上面 ①和②句子是错的之外，③和④也不对：</p>
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