I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office.这里为什么用was,而不是were,不是有two blocks是复数吗

分类: 作业答案 • 2021-12-28 10:40:49

问题描述：

I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office.这里为什么用was,而不是were,不是有two blocks是复数吗?为什么?

答

two blocks是一段距离表示的是一个概念
就像一万块钱、一百年等概念一样应该视为单数
所以是it was two blocks east from my office