所谓就近/就远原则是指句子的主语结构很复杂时,如何判断句子谓语的数的问题.
1.
就近原则:
there/here+be/系动词,either...or...,neither...nor...,not
only...but(also)...,not...but...,分数/百分数修饰名词(population类外),表许多的名词(除了quantity)
2.
就远原则:as
well
as,
(together/along)
with,
rather
than,
except/besides/but/including
如:
Not
only
you
but
also
I
am
right.
2/3
of
the
earth
is
covered
by
water.
Many
a
student
in
our
school
has
never
been
abroad.
He
rather
than
I
is
right.
Nobody
but
two
students
is
in
the
classroom.