感觉用单数或复数均可以。如:
题目:
It's said that of the total population of Bolivia fully 80 per cent (live/lives) at an altitude of over 1, 0000ft.
以上是出自《新编英语语法教程》里的一道题,标准答案给的是live;
我的疑问在于:
1.主语从句中的主语是“80 percent of the total population of Bolivia”这个名词词组,根据语法规则,“分数/百分数+of词组”作主语时,谓语动词的单复数形式取决于of词组后的名词,即population,population是可作可数或不可数的集合名词,且其前被分数或百分数修饰时,谓语动词用单复数均可;根据牛津词典上对population的例句:
One third of the world's population consumes/consume two thirds of the world's resources;类比看来,此题用live或者lives都是可以的,为什么标准答案只给了live而lives不能作为答案呢?
2.of the total population of Bolivia如果是作为80 percent的后置修饰语,为什么在从句中被提前了?