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Analogously, when all the elements in the either ... or construction are plural, the verb is plural too

类似地，当所有either…or 结构中的成分都是复数的时候，动词也应用复数

If you want to refer back to a collective noun, you choose a singular pronoun or determiner if the previous verb is singular, and a plural pronoun if the previous verb is plural.

想重提集合名词时，如果你上一次使用的动词是单数，那么应该选择一个单数的代词或是限定词，如果你上一次使用的动词是复数，那么应该使用复数形式的动词

In general, uncountable nouns with singular verbs, plural countable noun plural verb.

一般来说，不可数名词用动词单数，可数名词复数用动词复数。

Insignia in Latin is the plural form of insigne, but it has long been used in English as both a singular and a plural form

Insignia 在拉丁语中是 insigne 的复数形式，但是在英语中很长时间来一直既被用作单数又被用作复数形式

A plural noun in the of -phrase requires a plural verb; a singular or a mass noun in the of -phraseis to be followed by a singular verb.

"分数/百分数+of+名词"作主语时，如果 of 后面的名词是单数，谓语动词用单数；如果 of 后面的名词是复数，则动词也用复数。

But that number in front of uncountable nouns plural noun, the predicate verb in the plural form.

但当不可数名词前有表示数量的复数名词时，谓语动词用复数形式。

For example, in some regional varieties the distinction between the singular and plural meanings of you has been retained by the use of such expressions as you-all or you guys for the plural meanings (cf 6.12 Notes ). The introduction of specific new words or expressions (such as prioritize or interface) sometimes provokes violent indignation, often conveyed in ethical terms.

例如，在某些地区性变体中， you 的单复数意义的区别，是采用 you-all 或 you guys 这种复数表达形式(参见6.12)而得到保留的，引进特殊的新词新语(prioritize 或 interface)有时激起人们极大的愤慨，斥之为有伤大雅。

The fact that the plural alumni of the masculine alumnus differs from the plural alumnae of the feminine alumna has created a certain amount of awkwardness with the advent of coeducational institutions.

alumni，作为男校友 alumnus 的复数形式与 alumnae，女校友 alumna 的复数形式两者不同的事实，随着共同教育学院的出现而造成了许多麻烦。

If the plural form of tooth is teeth , shouldn't the plural form of booth be beeth ?

如果牙的复数形式是牙， shouldn't是否是摊的复数形式beeth ？

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth?

Tooth的复数是Teeth，那么为什么Booth的复数不是Beeth？

We are forbidden from giving money to these shoeless, skinny children, as this will perpetuate begging.

向光着脚，骨瘦如柴的孩子施舍是不可以的，因为要招来无休无止的乞讨。

It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.

要想不被某个目光锐利的警察抓到，谈何容易。