2.在一些短语，如 many a 或 more than one 所修饰的词作主语时，谓语动词多用单数形式。但由more than…of 作主语时，动词应与其后的名词或代词保持一致。如：
Many a student takes a walk on campus after dinner.
许多学生晚饭后常在校园散步。
More than one student has failed the exam.
不只一个学生考试不及格。
More than 60 percent of the students are from the city.
60%以上的学生来自城市。
3.当主语表示国家、机构、事件、作品等名称的专有名词作主语时应看作单数，谓语动词用单数。如：
The Arabian Night tells people lots of mysterious bits of folklore.
