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
与 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
见 amounts of money。
question (疑问句)
indirect question 见 indirect question
question (疑问句) 见 interrogative sentence
question (疑问句)
陈述疑问句 见 declarative question
question-tags(附加疑问句) 见 tag questions