TAILIEUCHUNG - Basic english usage oxford_9

Tham khảo tài liệu 'basic english usage oxford_9', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 235 304 - 305 2 Cattle people and police are plural words with no singular. Cattle are selling for very high prices this year. NOT Cattle is selling . . . The police are searching for a tall dark man with a beard. NOT The police is searching . . . People are funny. NOT People is funny. 304 singular and plural singular words ending in -s Some words that end in -s are singular. Some important examples are a billiards draughts and other names of games ending in -s Draughts is an easier game than chess. b measles rabies and other names of illnesses ending in -s Rabies is widespread in Europe. We hope we can keep it out of Britain. c athletics politics mathematics and other words ending in -ics The mathematics that I did at school has not been very useful to me. d news Ten o clock. Here is the news. 305 singular and plural singular words with plural verbs 1 We often use plural verbs with words like family team government which refer to groups of people. My family have decided to move to Nottingham. We also use plural pronouns and we use who not which. My family are wonderful. They do all they can for me. How are the team They are very confident. Not surprising. They re the only team who have ever won all their matches right through the season. 2 We prefer singular verbs and pronouns and which if we see the group as an impersonal unit. For example in statistics. The average family which has four members . . . 3 A number of and a group of are used with plural nouns pronouns and verbs. A number of my friends fpel that they are not properly paid for the work they do. NOT A number of my friends feels . . . o For singular and plural with a lot of see . 306 - 307 236 306 singular and plural plural expressions with singular verbs 1 When we talk about amounts and quantities we usually use singular verbs pronouns and determiners even if the noun is plural. Where s that five pounds I lent you NOT Where are those five pounds . . . Twenty miles is a long way to walk. How much .

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