主语和谓语、名词和代词、以及人称是否保持一致。
例 4:
a) The eating habit of Chinese people have changed in the past decade.
b) The eating habit of Chinese people has changed in the past decade.
注意:不管主语和谓语隔开多远,主语当中还有修饰成分,谓语要和真正的主语在数上保持一致。
例 5:
a) Now fruits and vegetables can be seen everywhere when it is in
season.
b) Now fruits and vegetables can be seen everywhere when they are in
season.
例 6:
a) I feel proud to come to our university.
b) I feel proud to come to this university.
注意:our和主语 I不一致,或把 our改成 my,或改成 this。而这里用 this 较妥。