1.当and连接并列的两个人或物作主语时,谓语动词一定用复数形式。
and作为两个主语的连接词,be动词该用复数。
例句:French and German are spoken in this region.在这个区域说法语和德语。
2.用不同的连接词作主语的时候,be动词的单复数是不一样的。
3.both... and,and连接主语,要用复数形式。
例句:Both he and me are fond of him.他和我都非常赞赏他。
4.not only...but also,either...or...,neither...nor...连接主语时,谓语动词遵循就近原则。
例句:Not only I but also they are angry with you.不仅是我,而且他们也在生你的气。
例句:Neither my mother nor I was listening to the news on TV.我的母亲和我都没有听电视新闻。
5.as well as连接主语,谓语动词要以as well as前面那个字为准。
例句:Mr. Robertson as well as Mrs. Robertson is late.罗伯逊先生和罗伯逊太太都迟到了。