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quantity/quantities ²

核心问题 1

Co-occurrence of Quantitiers(数量词的搭配)

<table><tr><td rowspan="2">Quantitiers(数量词)</td><td colspan="2">Count(可数名词)</td><td rowspan="2">Non-count(不可数名词)</td></tr><tr><td>Singular(单数)</td><td>Plural(复数)</td></tr><tr><td>a great (small, large)quantity of</td><td>/</td><td>/</td><td>money</td></tr></table>

[复旦大学编《英语》(非英语专业用)第3册,p.232]

从上面的表可以明显地看出,该书编者认为 a great quantity of 只能接不可数名词。但是,我认为这是不符合实际的。

词典解答 1

a great(large, small) amount 不同, a great(large, small) quantity 既可以接不可数名词,也可以接可数名词。例句见 amount/quantity

quantities. . . is/are

核心问题 2

Quantities of food ____ (was/were) on the table.

我不知这里应当用 was, 还是应当用 were

词典解答 2

amounts of money

question 1^{1} (疑问句)

indirect questionindirect question

question 2^{2} (疑问句) 见 interrogative sentence

question 3^{3} (疑问句)

陈述疑问句 见 declarative question

question-tags(附加疑问句) 见 tag questions

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