中考英语二轮复习---复数名词的误用
英语名词分可数的和不可数两种。可数名词指一般动物和事物，如Man/ friend/ driver/ student/ dog/ cat/ boat/ egg/ gun/ hand/ head/ lamp/ road/ table/ car 等等。
可数名词有两个数，即单数和复数。单数名词可以和不定冠词 a/ an或其他名词限定词连用;复数名词可以和数目词，如many/ a few/ some/ a lot of等连用。
不可数名词指物质名词和抽象名词，如：air/ butter/ grass/ money/ sand/ water/ carefulness/ joy/ peace等等。不可数名词可以和数目词，如much/ a little/ little/ a great amount of等连用。不可数名词只有单数，没复数-s的形式。
有的人对名词数的定义不非常了解，对数目词和数目词也有的混乱，结果把数目词用在不可数名词之前或随便在不可数名词后面加上复数词尾 -s，这类都是语法上的错误。比如：
① Our workshop has ordered some new equipments from Germany.
虽然有的人把 equipment当成可数名词，但它是不可数的，不可有-s。
② My teacher gave me some sound advices. 应该是advice。
③ Do you have any special informations for me? Information才对。
④ Most furnitures in my house are made of wood. 应该是furnitureis
⑤ Today, I have many new works to do. 需要是a lot of new work才是。
⑥ Dont walk on the grasses. 应该用grass。
⑦ Our foreign students have made great progresses in their studies. Progress不可数;不可有-es。
⑧ All his money are kept in the bank. Money属不可数名词;动词要单数的is。
上述这种有关不可数名词的错误，非常普遍;只须看看学生的作文，便了解了。既然这样，要如何防止这种错误呢?
第一，需要牢记不可数名词绝对没复数形式。第二，随时筹备些数目词，如much/ little/ some/ a little/ a lot of/ plenty of等，以便在必要时和不可数名词连用。最后，谨记：谓语动词需要和主语的数目一致。既然不可数名词没复数形式，那样谓语动词如果是简单目前时态，目前进行时态或目前完成时态的话，就需要以单数形式出现。比如：
⑨ Bread is sold in coffee shops and supermarkets.
⑩ His luggage is somewhere at the railway station.
1. Some money is being used to help the poor.
2. The information required includes personal particulars and the present salary.
3. A lot of time has been spent on this project.
4. Hypocrisy gives rise to mistrust.
5. Familiarity breeds contempt.
