
用and或both… and连接并列主语时,谓语用复数。
例:Plastics and rubber never rot.
He and I are classmates when we were at college.
Both bread and butter were sold out in that shop.
What he says and what he does do not agree.
但是:并列主语如果指的是同一人、同一事物或同一概念其谓语要用单数形式,这时and后面的名词没有冠词。
例: In this hotel, the bread and butter (= the bread with butter on it) is served for breakfast.
A cart and horse was seen in the distance.
The girl’s teacher and friend is a young doctor.
Truth and honesty is the best policy.