(d) 形式的複數:一些學術或疾病名稱,形式上看似複數,使用上必用單數。
News 新聞 Statistics 統計學 Politics 政治
Measles 麻疹 Acoustics 音聲學 Optics 光 學
Physics 物理 Ethics 倫理學 Civics 公民學
Gymnastics 體操 Economics 經濟學 Mathematics 數學
特例探討 :做為某種觀念、感受時則反須用複數
The acoustics of the hall are very bad. (音效= resonance)
Statistics are sometimes misleading. (統計數字=Numbers)
Your mathematics are / is wrong. (計算結果=computations)
My ethics do not allow me to do so. (道德=morals)
Due to prejudice, Some people’s politics are ludicrous. (政治觀念)
易被誤解為複數的普通名詞單數:
summons(傳票):實為普通名詞單數,複數為summonses
I received a summons to attend the court.-------------------我收到一張出庭的傳票
He was caught to the court after several summonses.----------屢傳不到,拘押到庭
gallows(絞刑架) :實為普通名詞單數,複數為gallowses
To marry such a woman is to fix up a gallows for yourself.--婚姻乃男人之絞刑架
Mr. Chen has a gallows in his face.------------------------老陳臉色不佳,印堂發黑
news(新聞):實為不可數名詞,永遠視為單數
No news is good news.---------------------------------------------------------好事不出門
Ill news runs space.-------------------------------------------------------------壞事傳千里
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