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[hizzz7 (被風化的雞)]

A lot of people feel they have been sold down the river by a government who

have failed to keep their pre-election promises.


出自Cambridge Idioms Dictionary的例句


問題點在為何單數主詞"a" government 會接複數動詞 "have" failed呢？

如果是我的話可能會改成

the government who have failed 或

a government who has failed

想詢問一下版上大大的想法

感謝！

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→ dashihito:美式英文中多以單數視之。
→ dunchee:mass noun後頭接單複數動詞和前頭是否是a / the 沒有絕對
→ dunchee:關係。你不用懷疑Cambridge Idioms Dictionary的例句-->
→ dunchee:這就是一個（文法）用法/介紹，學起來就是。比如這是個
→ dunchee:a people are 的例子:  http://ppt.cc/dQk6
→ hizzz7:da大:那麼以您的看法原句屬單數或複數呢？
→ hizzz7:dun大：How can mass nouns be modified by a/an?
→ hizzz7:http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mass+noun
→ hizzz7:感謝您提供的例子，小弟愚鈍，是否可多加說明此一文法呢？
→ hizzz7:另people與government看來更像collective noun
→ hizzz7:正因這是Cambridge Idioms Dictionary之例句，令我很重視
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