population的谓语单复数问题over 70 percent of the population ( )peasants. that is ,the majority ( ) making a living by farming.A are ;are B is ;is 答案是A 这两空的谓语用单还是复我都有点晕 请帮我讲讲 有些书说population 作主语时, 谓语看其表语 ,有的又说若被百分数修饰时,谓语用复数.究竟哪种说法是对的? 第二空为什么也用复数?

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population的谓语单复数问题
over 70 percent of the population ( )peasants. that is ,the majority ( ) making a living by farming.
A are ;are B is ;is
答案是A 这两空的谓语用单还是复我都有点晕 请帮我讲讲
有些书说population 作主语时, 谓语看其表语 ,有的又说若被百分数修饰时,谓语用复数.究竟哪种说法是对的? 第二空为什么也用复数?

其实这道题目真正要考查的是主谓一致中百分数和majority作主语时的知识点.你只要记着遇到这两种情形时的题目时谓语一律用复数,就行了.至于population ,只要它是以单数形式出现,并且前面没有百分数,谓语就是单数,没有...