中式英語之鑑:蘋果壞了四分之三

252. 蘋果壞了四分之三。

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[誤] Three-fourths of the apples was ruined.

[正] Three-fourths of the apples were ruined.

注：英語以分數爲主語時，由其後接的名詞決定動詞的單複數，例句中的 apples 爲複數，故動詞應改爲複數的 were。但 Three-fourths of the crop was ruined.（四分之三的收成都毀了。）