中式英語之鑑:房間裏有一張牀、兩張桌子
62. 房間裏有一張牀、兩張桌子和五把椅子。
[誤] There are one bed, two desks and five chairs in the room.
[正] There is one bed, two desks and five chairs in the room.
注:there be 句型中,be 動詞的單複數取決於離它最近的那個詞。原文雖然一共列舉了八件傢俱,但是根據英
語的謂語就近原則,one bed 決定了應該使用is。