一個看起來容易，但連英文老師都有不同答案的一題英文問題

oscar

我問過很多老師，他們大部份說a是對的。
原因：
Original Sentences: There is a cat. There is a dog.
我們現在想把這2句combain一起，我們應著重的是第1句句子，所以combain後的句子為：
There is a cat and a dog.

神秘比卡超

我也選a。
記得我做過一個練習，
練習中說應跟據第一個詞語的數量(a cat)而決定用is/are...
is多數是正確的。

霏

ｉｔ　ｓｈｏｕｌｄ　ｂｅ　”ａ”

Ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｉｓ　”Ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ”．
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Ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｉｓ　”ａ　ｃａｔ　ａｎｄ　ａ　ｄｏｇ．”　　　　　　　　　　　　

細薯

Originally posted by 幻將 at 2004-4-24 12:28 PM:
ｉｔ　ｓｈｏｕｌｄ　ｂｅ　”ａ”

Ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｉｓ　”Ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ”．
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Ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｉｓ　”ａ　ｃａｔ　ａｎｄ　ａ　ｄｏｇ．”　　　　　　　　　　　　

use other example is better~~be coz "something"is uncountable......

霏

Originally posted by smallpotato226 at 2004-4-24 12:55 PM:
use other example is better~~be coz "something"is uncountable......

hoW to say?...

I mean "the dog and the cat" is "Something".
Since "Something" is Uncountable, thus "the dog and the cat" also.

oscar

I don't agree with your point. Why do you need to say that 'something' is 'a cat and a dog'?
'something' is uncountable. 'a cat and a dog' is countable.
How come you mixed them together?

霏

Originally posted by oscar at 2004-4-24 04:54 PM:
I don't agree with your point. Why do you need to say that 'something' is 'a cat and a dog'?
'something' is uncountable. 'a cat and a dog' is countable.
How come you mixed them together?

I MEAN you should consider 'a cat and a dog'  as ONE THING which is uncountable but not "a cat" and "a dog"

oscar

but I think your idea is wrong!
How come you treat 'a cat and a dog' as a thing that uncountable?

霏

You still do not know what I mean.
You should ignore whether it is "a cat or a dog", but only Something (that is uncountable). You only need to consider it to be a matter.

Ron@MX

Originally posted by ben at 2004-4-22 07:01 PM:
錯錯錯！
是答案是ａ
但你的解釋錯．
因為ａ　ｃａｔ同ａ　ｄｏｇ係兩個分別的單數～
所以用ｉｓ．
（我是澳洲來的香港人，
　　自小在澳洲大，
　不知道我的解釋對不對，
　但人地外國人是用”ｉｓ”的～ ...

我咪選ａlol~[E-Swe]