“there is a lot of”还是“there are a lot of "看到一句子,有there is a lot of 什么的.我是英语初学者,a lot of不是一些吗,为什么还用单数is?
问题描述:
“there is a lot of”还是“there are a lot of "
看到一句子,有there is a lot of 什么的.
我是英语初学者,a lot of不是一些吗,为什么还用单数is?
答
a lot of 是很多,大量的意思,所以is和are都没有问题,要看of后面是可数还是不可数名词。例如water不可数,就用is,books就用are。
答
a lot of即可以用is也可以用are,比如下面两个例子
1 a lot of后面是可数名词的单数或者不可数名词,用is
There is a lot of information.
2 后面是可数名词的复数,用are
There are a lot of countries in the same situation.
像a lot of, plenty of等等这样的词组,不影响动词的形式,在这里表现在不影响is和are,而用哪个只取决于a lot of 后面是什么。
答
a lot of是口语和书面语中最常见的用语,它既可以修饰可数名词(相当于many),也可以修饰不可数名词(相当于much),通常用在肯定句中,例如:
There are a lot of books in the library.复数
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There is a lot of people here at the small park.单数
此句因看a lot of后修饰是单数还是复数