a huge amounts of+不可数名词 谓语动词用复数 a large amount of

Question

a huge amounts of+不可数名词 谓语动词用复数
a large amount of+不可数名词 谓语动词用单数
对吗？

Answer 1

两个谓语动词都用单数，因amount与不可数连用，就像some water一样，用单，另第一个为huge amounts of 不带a。追问

huge amounts of +可数名词谓语动词用复数

追答

下面为补充说明：首先，我们看看a large number of /a large amount of 与 the large number of /the large amount of 究竟差别在什么地方？ a ......强调重点在of后面的名词，表示“许多”，谓语动词的要求就看那个名词的性质；the......强调重点在of前面，即“number数目”、“amount数额”，这两个名词一看就是单数，谓语动词的要求很快就确定下来了。例如What is the amount of my bill? The total amount of the payment is＄4000. The number of the accidents that happen in the home is [不是are] almost the same as those on the road. The number of Rwanda refugees having returned home is [不是are] approaching a million.
其次，我们再看看a large number of /a large amount of后面的名词性质如何？a large number of students, books, animals等可数名词复数；a large amount of information, money, work, help, pleasure 等不可数名词。这样，与之相关的谓语动词的语法要求很快也确定下来了。例如
There are a large number of students in the classroom. There is a large amount of water in the bottle.
最后，补充说明：an amount of实际使用中还有两个变式（1）a large/certain/enormous amount （2）amounts of 谓语动词的语法要求和标准式一样。a number of 的第一个变式是a vast/countless/alarming/increasing number of... 第二个变式numbers of字典里也有，但似乎不常用。

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你看我的问题了吗 是还是不是

追答

你的描述是对的-

amount谓语动词用单，amounts用复数

一开始没有注意，sorry