there was a great deal of machinery.

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there was a great deal of machinery.
为什么是was,很多机器那就是复数要用were啊

a great deal of +不可数名词,"大量的.",作主语时,谓动用单三.machinery 不可数名词:(总称)机器;因此谓动用was不能用were.句意:有大量的机器./有很多机器.虽然汉语可译成"有很多机器".但在英语中,它要坚持"主谓一...