【不可数名词】

　　1、最常见的不可数名词有：advice,baggage,change(零钱),furniture,hair,homework,information,knowledge,luggage,money,news,progress,traffic

　　2、其它不可数名词还有：absence,age,anger,courage,energy,equipment,experience,failure,fear,food,fun,health,ice,industry,kindness,labour,luck,marriage,music,nature,paper,peace,pleasure,power,pride,rain,research,respect,safety,salt,sand,silence,sleep,strength,snow,technology,time,trade,transport,travel,trust,truth,waste,water,wealth,weather,wind,work（工作）

　　【集合名词】

　　有些集合名词,ommittee,council,crew,crowd,family,gang,government,group,mob,staff,team,union等,在意义上是复数,但在语法形式上是单数,这类名词作主语的主谓一致问题往往遵循“语法一致”或“意义一致”原则.例如：

　　Thecommitteehas/havedecidedtodismisshim.

　　Acouncilofeldersgovernsthetribe.

　　Thepresentgovernmentistryingtocontrolinflation.

　　Theschoolstaffareexpectedtosuperviseschoolmeals.

　　（一）通常作复数的集体名词

　　包括police,people,cattle,militia,vermin等,这些集体名词通常用作复数.

　　例如：

　　TheBritishpolicehaveonlyverylimitedpowers.

　　Themilitiawerecalledouttoguardtheborderland.

　　Itseemsthecattleonthesidesofthedikesweretheonlylivingcreaturesinthesedesolatesurroundings.

　　（二）通常作不可数名词的集体名词

　　通常作不可数名词的集体名词,包括poultry,foliage,machinery,equipment,furniture,

　　merchandise等,这类名词后的动词用单数形式.

　　例如：

　　Poultryisexpensiveatthistimeofyear.

　　Thatgreenfoliagewasrestful.

　　Themerchandisehasarrivedundamaged.

　　AllthemachineryinthefactoryismadeinChina.

　　Thesuiteoffurnitureheboughtwasofcontemporarystyle.

　　Theequipmentofthephotographicstudiowasexpensive.

　　（三）可作单数也可作复数的集体名词

　　可作单数也可作复数的集体名词,包括audience,committee,crew,family,government,jury等.

　　例如：

　　Theaudiencewas/wereenthusiasticontheopeningnightoftheplay.

　　Thecommitteehas/havedecidedtodismisshim.

　　Thejuryis/areabouttoannouncethewinners.

　　Thegovernmenthas/havediscussedthematterforalongtime.

　　【不规则名词】

　　名词复数的不规则变化1）child---childrenfoot---feettooth---teethmouse---miceman---menwoman---women注意：与man和woman构成的合成词,其复数形式也是-men和-women.如：anEnglishman,twoEnglishmen.但German不是合成词,故复数形式为Germans；Bowman是姓,其复数是theBowmans.2）单复同形如：deer,sheep,fish,Chinese,Japaneseli,jin,yuan,twoli,threemu,fourjin但除人民币元、角、分外,美元、英镑、法郎等都有复数形式.如:adollar,twodollars;ameter,twometers3）集体名词,以单数形式出现,但实为复数.如：peoplepolicecattle等本身就是复数,不能说apeople,apolice,acattle,但可以说aperson,apoliceman,aheadofcattle,theEnglish,theBritish,theFrench,theChinese,theJapanese,theSwiss等名词,表示国民总称时,作复数用.如：TheChineseareindustriesandbrave.中国人民是勤劳勇敢的.4）以s结尾,仍为单数的名词,如：a.maths,politics,physics等学科名词,为不可数名词,是单数.b.news是不可数名词.c.theUnitedStates,theUnitedNations应视为单数.TheUnitedNationswasorganizedin1945.联合国是1945年组建起来的.d.以复数形式出现的书名,剧名,报纸,杂志名,也可视为单数.TheArabianNightsisaveryinterestingstory-book.>是一本非常有趣的故事书.5)表示由两部分构成的东西,如：glasses(眼镜)trousers,clothes若表达具体数目,要借助数量词pair(对,双);suit(套);apairofglasses;twopairsoftrousers6）另外还有一些名词,其复数形式有时可表示特别意思,如：goods货物,waters水域,fishes（各种）鱼

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