用OR连接两个单数名词作主语时谓语动词用单数还是复数呢

Question

比如说their player or team win / wins? 怎么解释呢

Answer 1

根据美国遗产词典显示：

When all the elements in a series connected by ‘or’ are singular, the verb they govern is singular: Tom or Jack is coming. Beer, ale, or wine is included in the charge. When all the elements are plural, the verb is plural. When the elements do not agree in number, some grammarians have suggested that the verb should agree in number with the nearest element: Tom or his sisters are coming. The girls or their brother is coming. Cold symptoms or headache is the usual first sign.Other grammarians, however, have argued that such constructions are inherently illogical and that the only solution is to revise the sentence to avoid the problem of agreement: Either Tom is coming or his sisters are. The usual first sign may be either cold symptoms or a headache.

不喜欢看英文的看下面：

a or b +  is , 这里a, b éƒ½æ˜¯å•æ•°ã€‚这很简单，两者中的一个。无论用什么原则，都接单数。

a or b + ï¼Ÿ , è¿™é‡Œa, b æœ‰ä¸€ä¸ªæ˜¯å¤æ•°ï¼Œè¿™ä¸ªå­˜åœ¨äº‰è®®ï¼ï¼ï¼æœ‰è¯­æ³•å®¶å»ºè®®ä½¿ç”¨å°±è¿‘原则。举个例子：Tom or his sisters are coming.  /  His sisters and Tom is coming. ä½†æœ‰äº›è¯­æ³•å®¶è®¤ä¸ºè¿™ä¸­å¥å¼å­˜åœ¨é€»è¾‘问题，本人也认为存在逻辑问题，a (or) b è¿™ä¸¤ä¸ªæ˜¯å¯¹ç­‰çš„，如果其中一个是复数，一个是单数，则不对等。换成中文则非常明显：一个苹果或者一筐梨子是奖品。既然是选择，就应该去除掉无关变量，例如数量。所以正确的说法应该是一个苹果或者一个梨子是奖品。所以，这里的唯一解决办法是改变句式。

a or b + are,  è¿™é‡Œa, b éƒ½æ˜¯å¤æ•°ã€‚这很简单，无论用什么原则，都接复数。

Answer 2

按照就近原则，例如：He or I am going to go shopping .
但是你的这个句子我还真的了理解透其含义。本回答被网友采纳

Answer 3

根据就近原则判断。

Answer 4

使用就近原则就好了。你的那个题应该是wins，因为team是单数