a few前面用is还是are
<pre>要接are,主语是那个复数名词呀,a few只是用来修饰名词的</pre>
"在大多数情况下,我们会看到 to 后面要接动词不定式,比如以下这两个句子(这篇文章里的所有例句都来自当代美国英语语料库,Corpus of Comtemporary American English):<br>The studentswanted to watchthese recordings over and over.<br>As the Fedbegins to raiserates, the equation should change.<br>然而,我们偶尔也会看到 to 加doing 的形式。我想大家最常见的莫过于 look forward to doing,比如:<br>Ilook forward to workingwith your vibrant community.<br>Ilook forward to meetingthe digitized representation of Joel.<br>就我这几年修改论文的经验来看,很多人都不知道 look forward to 后面应该是 doing 而不是 do。不仅中国学生,我注意到就连德国和荷兰大学的教学秘书,在发给我的电邮中, 也时常出现 look forward to do 的错误。<br>除了look forward to doing, 可能大家还遇到过 contribute to doing, dedicate to doing 等等,比如:<br>Post-Reformation developmentscontribute to creatinga common understanding and history.<br>Hededicatedhis lifeto reducingthe stigma of mental health.<br>何时用 to do 何时用 to doing 也许会让很多人感到困惑。""To do"", or "" to doing"", that is the question. 我们当然可以把这些 to doing 的结构当作固定用法个别记忆,毕竟这样的结构也不多。但是,其实 to 后面什么时候加 do, 什么时候加 doing 是有道理可讲的。<br>这个道理就在于 to 有两个功能,首先 to 可以作为所谓的infinite marker,也就是"