Nobody but Smith and John ( ）in the laboratory yesterday.1.are 2.had been 3.were 4.was这道题是看见Nobody 所以用was吗
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Nobody but Smith and John ( ）in the laboratory yesterday.1.are 2.had been 3.were 4.was
这道题是看见Nobody 所以用was吗
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对啊，这句话可以说成Nobody was in the laboratory yesterday but Smith and John.
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but是插入语，主语是Nobody 谓语应该用单数
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4.was
这句话的主语是nobody 是单数形式,所以谓语动词应该用单数形式,而且是过去时