[求助]prep1-46 有关主谓一致

happydw

The continental United States receives an average of 30 inches of precipitation a year; transpiration from soil and from plants returns approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, while the balance of 9 inches contributes to the flow of streams and rivers.

 

(A) transpiration from soil and from plants returns approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, while the balance of 9 inches contributes to the flow

 

(B) even though transpiration from soil and from plants returns approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, the remainder of 9 inches contribute to the flowing

 

(C) although transpiration from soil and from plants return approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, the balance of 9 inches contribute to the flowing

 

(D) with transpiration from soil and from plants to return approximately 21 inches to the atmosphere, the rest of the 9 inches contributes to the flow

 

(E) as transpiration from soil and from plants return approximately 21 of the 30 inches to the atmosphere, the rest of the 9 inches contribute to the flow

请问正确答案A里面用的为什么是单数谓语呢？inches不应该是复数么？

laihuiyuan87

the rest（of）表示“剩余、其余”，其用法也有二：
a) of后面可接单数、复数及不可数名词，相应的谓语动词的单复数取决于of后面所跟的名词。
b) 如果the rest表示的是剩下的东西，则谓语动词用单数；如果表示的是其余的，特别指人时，其谓语动词应该用复数。

kevin_8p

借这道题能问问while的用法？每次做题遇到while准错。

leslieliu

part of/most of/all of/some of/the rest of 作主语时，谓语动词的数的形式由of 后的名词的单复数决定.

daoyings

同问~
remainder of，rest of后也同样应该要用谓语单数是么？

happydw

 也就是无论balance of后面跟单复数都用单数谓语是么？

remainder of也同样么？

lixinli

因为the balance才是主语