A great many people,when they speak of home,tend to associate it with a certain atmosphere,这句中,tend为何能够直接用原形?不是应该用tending吗?

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A great many people,when they speak of home,tend to associate it with a certain atmosphere,
这句中,tend为何能够直接用原形?不是应该用tending吗?

你肯定是理解成为tend应该接在speak of 后面,才觉得用tending。其实这个句子中tend 的主语是A great many people,所以是用tend ,是一般现在时态

这句话里tend是谓语动词,根据句意是很多人,当然用原形.
when they speak of home 只是插入的状语,你可以把它调到句尾,A great many people tend to associate it with a certain atmosphere when they speak of home,这样就好懂了