A great quantity of flowers was placed in the hall.
这句话为什么是对的?a great quantity of 只能修饰不可数名词,难道flowers是不可数名词?那为何还要加s呢?
老师对不起,我打错了,是a great amount of只能修饰不可数名词 A great amount of flowers was placed in the hall. 这句话为什么是对的?a great amount of 只能修饰不可数名词,难道flowers是不可数名词?那为何还要加s呢?
【答】flowers是可数名词。
a great amount of 在标准的英国英语中只能修饰不可数名词。在美国英语中有人用来修饰可数名词,在考试中最好避免这种用法。
《韦氏高阶英汉双解词典》(p.66) 指出:amount 主要与不可数名词连用。He lost a large amount of money. ...... amount 有时也与复数名词连用,但这一用法常被批评为是错误的。There were a large amount of mistakes.
A great amount of flowers was placed in the hall. 这句话是错误的,因为主谓语不一致。但是,在美国英语中,也有人说: A great amount of flowers ware placed in the hall.