关于among的用法的一些疑惑

问题描述

老师好，有这样的句子：

1. Among his friends there was one who shared his opinion.

2. Among these visitors was a little girl from Japan.

我的问题是：

among 的后面不可以用复数吗？比如1例可以改成：

Among his friends there were two persons who shared his opinion.

句2可以改成：

Among these visitors were some girls in red kimono from Japan.

谢谢老师。

老师答疑

曾老师：

你开始给出的两个句子的主语分别为 one 和 a little girl，均为单数，所以都用单数的谓语形式 was，among 所构成的介词短语在句子中是状语，而非句子的主语。

▲ 你改动后的两个句子也是正确的，两个主语分别为 two persons 和 some girls，都是复数，所以谓语动词都用复数形式。