alargeamountof和largeamountsof的区别知识讲解

a l a r g e a m o u n t o f 和l a r g e a m o u n t s o f的区别

a (large) quantiy of 和 (large) quantities of

a (large) quantiy of +不可数名词作主语,谓语动词用单数； (large) quantities of +不可数名词做主语,谓语动词用复数。 a large amount of与large amounts of的区别 只不过都是amount是修饰不可数名词：

a large amount of+不可数名词，谓语动词用单数； large amounts of+不可数n谓语动词用复数。

从 a huge amount of 和large amounts of说开去，兼谈a quantity of 和quantities of的用法（转摘）

外研版选修7 module3 里有a huge amount of词组。其用法为:a large （great,good）amount of ＋不可数名词，谓语动词一般用单数；但（huge，great，good）amounts of ＋不可数名词，作主语时，谓语动词要用复数。

A large amount of damage has beend one by the earth quake． Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge． 关于a quantity of 和quantities of的用法：“a large quantity of 译为“许多，大量”其谓语由短语中的“quantity”形式决定。它是单数，不管修饰的是什么样的词，一律用单数。如果是quantities,则谓语全用复数。只与quantity的形式有关。

专家观点：

1. 徐广联在《大学英语语法讲座与测试》（华东理工大学出版社）中表示， a quantity of 只能修饰不可数名词，谓语动词用单数。 A quantity of 间或也可以修饰可数名词，例如， A quantity of baskets were on sale.

2.张怀信在《英语高考活用图解辞典》（延边大学出版社）中讲到， a

large/small quantity of 大量的 / 少量的（可以修饰可数名词或不可数名词），例如， I need a large quantity of oil (apples). quantities of 大批的，大量的，例如， Large quantities of polluted water are flowing into the sea. 该书所附〈语法祥解篇 --- 主谓一致〉还明确指出“在以上（ a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a large quantity of + 名词）的词组后面的名词是中心词，谓语动词根据后面的名词的数而定”。

3 ．顾南华在《中高级英语考试指南》（华中工学院出版社）中说， a quantity of, quantities of 可跟可数名词与不可数名词 , 并举有三例： There is a large quantity of milk. Great quantities of fish are caught on the high sea. Large quantities of water are needed for cooling purposes. 在452 页讲到“ a quantity of + 不可数名词”，谓语只用单数，“ quantities of + 可数与不可数名词”，谓语要用复数。