and 连接的两个成对的名词,如fork and knife,bread and butter;soda and water; coffee and water;aim and end;salt and water等,虽有and 连接,但被看成不可分割的整体,仍表示单一的概念,谓语动词常用第三人称单数形式.如: (1) Where is your fork and knife?你的刀叉在哪儿? (2) Is the bread and butter enough for you two?你们两人吃这一点面包和黄油够了吗? 如不是被作为整体,则用复数.如; Reading and writing are not the same.
我理解你的意思。比如说: 1 Teaching and learning are different things. -------这里teaching and learning是两件不同的事情,所以谓语动词是复数概念are. 2 Teaching and learning is the major business of a school.-------在这里,teaching...