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学生:The good news is that my math teacher said that I was hard working.这句话中news是复 数形式,为什么be动词要用is? E老师:这个问题的关键是news这个词是以s结尾的名词,意义上是一个不可数名词。所以 不能有a news,two news的说法,正确的表达方式是a piece of news,two pieces of news。本句的主语是the good news,由于中心词news不可数,所以谓语动词要用is。 学生:Tom borrowed my book and did not return it back.这句话的错误出在什么地方?
Student: The good news is that my math teacher said that I was hard working. The news in this sentence is plural, why is the verb to be is? E Teacher: The key to this question is the word news is a s ending term In the sense, it is an uncountable noun. Therefore, there could not be a news, two news, the correct expression is a piece of news, two pieces of news. The subject of this sentence is the good news, because the center word news is not countable, so the predicate verb must use is. Student: Tom borrowed my book and did not return it back. What is wrong with this sentence?