1)This species of bird is decreasing in numbers every year.
2)Foreign food aid has led to a drastic reduction in the numbers of people dying of starvation.
3)We record their types and changes in their numbers.
第一句in numbers, 没有冠词,第二句in the numbers of有了定冠词,第三句in their numbers有了物主代词,
那么,我的问题是这种用法表示数量的numbers前究竟要不要加冠词或物主代词呢?
例如:我想了解老虎在数量上的变化
应该是说成:
I want to know the changes in numbers of the tigers 还是 the changes in the numbers of the tigers 呢?
还是 the changes in the numbers of tigers ?
哪一种才是正确的呢?
谢谢老师!
1)正确,in numbers/number 是习语,表示大量的,相当于一个副词。这里单复数都对。
2)应该是in the number of people dying of starvation.我认为这里number 应该用单数。我不知你从哪里看到的这个句子。
3)正确,表示不同的数字的变化。
I want to know the changes in the number of (the) tigers. number 应该用单数,tigers前有无定冠词都对,有the,有特指含义。
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