3）如 many a 或 more than one 所修饰的短语作主语时，谓语动词多用单数形式。但由more than… of 作主语时，动词应与其后的名词或代词保持一致。例如：
Many a person has read the novel. 许多人读过这本书。
More than 60 percent of the students are from the city.百分之六十多的学生来自这个城市。
三、巩固练习
1. The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them _______ absent for different reasons.
A. were, was B. was, was C. was, were D. were, were
2. E-mail, as well as telephones, ________ an important part in daily communication.
A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play
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