with / as well as 等修饰语下的主谓一致
谓语只和主语的中心词一致,with 等后面带来的人和物不影响单复数。
A(with / as well as / together with / except / but)B → 谓语跟 A
要点
  1. 主语后带 with / together with / along with / as well as / like / except / but / rather than 时,谓语与前面的主语一致:The teacher with two students was there.
  2. or / either ... or / neither ... nor / not only ... but also 用就近原则,谓语看离它最近的那个主语。
  3. and 连接两个主语用复数,or 连接的看就近:Tom and Jack are friends / Tom or Jack is coming.
  4. 主语后面的介词短语、从句再长也不改变中心词的单复数:The man in the brown shoes is my uncle.
  5. 每人都算单数:each / every 修饰并列主语时,谓语仍用单数:Every boy and every girl has a book.
  6. 这一块打在句首时它根本不是主语,而是状语,谓语跟后面真正的主语:Besides Tom, two girls were invited.(跟 two girls,不是 Tom)—— besides 不在老要点那一串里,干的却是同一件事。
  7. but / except 后面那个名词压根不算进主语,谓语跟着前面走:Nobody but his two brothers knows the answer.(跟 nobody 用单数,不看 brothers)
例句
The teacher together with his students is planting trees.
老师和学生们一起在植树。
Tom as well as his parents likes sports.
汤姆和他的父母都喜欢运动。
Either you or he is wrong about this matter.
这件事不是你错就是他错。
Not only the students but also their teacher was in the classroom.
不仅学生们,他们的老师也在教室里。
Apart from the price, time is also a problem.
除了价钱,时间也是个问题。
He plays the piano as well as the guitar.
他钢琴和吉他都会弹。
易错提示
  • 判断前先划掉 with / as well as 后面的部分,只看主语中心词,就不会被带偏。
  • as well as 不等于 and:and 连接两个主语用复数,as well as 只看前面那一个。
  • as well as 还有另一副面孔:它也能连宾语、连状语,甚至当副词"也、还"用,这时谓语跟它毫无关系;只有它连的是两个主语,才走"只看前面那一个"。 —— 判它先看两边站的是不是主语。
  • 一句里两套连接词同时出现时,先看主语和谓语之间站的是哪一类:with 那串整块跳过,or 那串才就近 —— 两边的规矩各归各条。