of後接單數還是複數|numbers

The number of後面所用的名詞為複數，但謂語動詞用單數。 number of the students in our school is three hundred.

1the number of用法及例句

the number of…意思是“……的數字/數目”，介詞of同其後名詞構成介詞短語，修飾the number.當它作主語時，謂語動詞用單數。

1、The number of business failures has risen.

企業倒閉的數量增加了。

2、The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96.

獨立公司的數量從198個減少到了96個。

3、The drug increases the number of red cells in the blood， enhancing oxygen uptake by 10 percent.

這種藥增加了血液裏的紅細胞數量，從而將攝氧量提高了10%。

4、The number of unemployed people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month.

上個月，波蘭的失業人數增長超過了1/4。

5、After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted.

經過11天的生長後，對新芽的數量進行了計數。