老师,您好,我有以下几个问题:
1. Not much clothes is needed.
这句话中clothes作为复数名词:
(1) clothes 前面为什么可以用much,而不是用many?
(2) 谓语动词为什么不用复数形式?
2. Too much old magazines is on sale there.
Too much fruits is also harmful to your health.
这两句话用同样的问题。
不知道你的句子来源为何处。据我个人理解,这三个句子,即使不算错,至少不算“好”的句子。
句子1:Not much clothes is needed.
在现代英语中,clothes 是一个没有单数形式的复数名词,可以说 many clothes,但一般不说 much clothes。根据《葛传椝英语惯用法词典》(以下为原文引用):clothes 是复数形式,没有单数形式。统指衣服,不指一件衣服。可以说 many clothes, these clothes 和 those clothes。但不可说 three clothes 等。现在很少说 much clothes。
所以你的句子在现代英语中,即使不算错,至少属于“很少说”的用法。建议改为:
Not many clothes are needed. / Not much clothing is needed.
句子2:Too much old magazines is on sale there.
我个人觉得这个句子有错,应改为:
Too many old magazines are on sale there.
句子3:Too much fruits is also harmful to your health.
我觉得这个句子不妥,最好改为:Too much fruit is also harmful to your health.
fruit可用作可数名词或不可数名词,但用作可数名词,强调种类,用于此处不是很好。