问题描述: a number of 的用法a number of 可否修饰不可数名词? 1个回答 分类:英语 2014-10-17 问题解答: 我来补答 a number of 意思是“许多...”,后接复数名词,谓语通常用复数:A number of students were absent from the meeting.许多学生没有到会.the number of 意思是“.的总数”,后接复数名词,但谓语要用单数:The number of students absent from the meeting was surprising.没有到会的学生人数很惊人.所以由上可知,两者之后都可加复数名词,但谓语动词用法不一样! 展开全文阅读