All of the apple __is__ rotten. 整个苹果都烂了。 不定代词all, more, some, any, none 作主语, 谓语动词视情况而定。
None of the money __i_s__ left. 没有剩下一点钱。
None of the students __i_s__ there. 没有学生在那里。
large quantity of, a heap of, heaps of, half of + 名词”构成的短语作主语时, 其谓语动词要与短语中of后面的名词 的数保持一致, 这是因为短语中后面 的名词是中心词, 而短语中前面的量 词是修饰语。如:
Lots of damage was caused by fire. About three-fourths of the earth’s surface is covered with water. Three-fifths of the workers here are women. 和这种情况类似的还有“a number of + 名词复数”。但是,“the number of + 名 词”的中心词却是number。试比较:
4. 如果句子中有这些连接词(with, along with, together with, as well as, besides, like, without, except, but, including)和 主语连用, 谓语动词的数随主语的变化 而变化。
The teacher, together with his students, _is__p_la_n__ti_n_g_ trees in the street. 老师和他的学生们正在街上植树。