...tons of amber were used......thousand tons of amber were used to make it.请问为什么这里要用were,而不用was呢?
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thousand tons of是上千吨的 是复数 虽然amber不可数 但这里的were是修饰tons的 所以用were
比如 paper不可数 但是说pieces of paper就可以数了
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供参考答案1:
tons of 是指大量的
当然用复数WERE