What vegetable do you like? Carrots and tomatoes. 老師,前面特殊疑問句中的vegetable能用復數嗎?有無什么區別?謝謝老師。
管理員[admin]回復:
前面特殊疑問句中的vegetable用單數或復數都可以。如果問話者在提問時,心中想到的一種蔬菜,則問句就可能用單數;如果問話者在提問時,心中想到的多種蔬菜,則問句就可能用復數。就好比問一個人是否有孩子,既可問:Does she have a child? 也可問:Does she have children? 這主要取決于問話人當時心目中是從單數概念出發,還是從復數概念出發,至于問題的答語則完全由答話人決定,如回答:
—Does she have a child? / Does she have children?
—She has one child. / She has three children. / She has a daughter. / She has a daughter and two sons. 等等