作者scju (QQ)
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标题[文法] a lot of接单数可数名词?
时间Fri Oct 20 21:09:36 2017
大家好,请教一下
There is not much difference between 'a lot of' and 'lots of': they are both
used mainly before singular uncountable and plural nouns, and before pronouns.
(Practical English Usage 3rd edition Point333.2)
PEU说a lot of後接单数不可数名词、复数名词、复数代名词
(pronouns应该指是这个意思吧?)
(更新:我现在觉得pronouns应该是指各种代名词,而非复数代名词)
但我看到以下的句子:
A lot of the play is very funny.
'You'll find that everybody will try and help their colleague.' — 'Yeah.
There's a lot of that.'
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/lot
A lot of it is just memorization.
https://youtu.be/CFdl1oC1vtQ?t=144
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这里的'the play', 'that'(我觉得应该用those,表示很多那样的行为),
'it'(我觉得应该用复数的they,表示很多动词都这样)不都是单数可数名词吗?
为何前面能用a lot of呢?
请教各位,谢谢。
(本篇有贴在外国英语论坛,到时也会把那边的回覆会张贴过来)
(更新)
a. 'the play'确实是单数、可数名词。
b. 'that'如果指try and help的「行为」的话,後来我看麦克米伦词典的解释:
'Behaviour' is usually an uncountable noun, so it is rarely used in the plural.
The plural form ‘behaviours’ is a specialized term used in fields such as
psychology, social science, and education. This use is much less common than
the uncountable use.
所以这里确实是不可数没错。
c. 'it'应该是指前面的the tricky part。
网友Tarheel说:
"a lot of the play" means "a large portion of the play" Similarly, "a lot of
our land" means "a large portion of the land".
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所以 a lot of 确实可以接单数可数名词,表示那个名词的「很大一部分」?
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1F:→ kaifrankwind: just listen to him and pick it up, Like A Native 10/20 22:59
2F:→ kaifrankwind: Speaker 10/20 23:00
3F:推 kee32: Gosh, how can you be so stubborn? 10/21 01:48
K大您好,因为这种用法和以前学校老师所教、PEU所写的均不同,
我想多听听看各方意见。也许过程有些繁琐,如让您不耐,还请海涵。
4F:推 stu60912: PEU不是都说used "mainly" before... 了吗?所以本来就 10/21 05:36
5F:→ stu60912: 不是used "always" before 10/21 05:36
6F:→ sunny1991225: 你理解a lot of the play的方式错了 10/21 12:28
7F:→ sunny1991225: 底下母语者的回答是对的。a lot of不见得是在说有很 10/21 12:30
8F:→ sunny1991225: 多某某事物,也可以被用来指单一事物中的一大部分( 10/21 12:30
9F:→ sunny1991225: 尤其当那个对象是可以被分割的时候 10/21 12:30
10F:→ sunny1991225: (按比例切,不是按数量,不然後面的verb agreement 10/21 12:41
11F:→ sunny1991225: 会出问题 10/21 12:41
感谢,大致理解了!
※ 编辑: scju (111.251.46.106), 10/21/2017 16:43:42
12F:推 kee32: 我没有不耐,只是觉得你这样学习太累了,但是,这很难改的 10/21 23:34
13F:→ kee32: 我懂,就像我改不掉爱管闲事。 10/21 23:34
14F:推 EVASUKA: 你知道There's a lot of後面也可以接可数名词吗? 10/22 03:36
15F:→ EVASUKA: 比a lot of 可数开头这个我觉得更没逻辑,但大家都习惯了 10/22 03:37
16F:→ EVASUKA: A lot of可以解释成sunny大说的「一大部分」,there's a 10/22 03:38
17F:→ EVASUKA: lot of往往就是指称复数。外国老师说大家就讲惯了 10/22 03:39
感谢您!
※ 编辑: scju (1.160.80.16), 10/27/2017 00:03:56