就近原则英语解释

英语中常用的短语会用到就近原则的有there be; or; either…or; nor; neither…nor; whether…or; not…but; not only…but also等。

例：There is a pen and three pencils. / There are three pencils and a pen.

这里有两个并列的成分，那么就要看离谓语动词（即be动词）较近的成分，若它是单数，则谓语动词用单数形式，若它是复数，则谓语动词用复数形式。

参考资料：百度百科 - 就近原则

所谓就近/就远原则是指句子的主语结构很复杂时,如何判断句子谓语的数的问题. 1.就近原则:there/here+be/系动词,either...or...,neither...nor...,not only...but(also)...,not...but...,分数/百分数修饰名词（population类外）,表许多的名词（除了quantity） 2.就远原则：as well as,(together/along) with,rather than,except/besides/but/including 如：Not only you but also I am right. 2/3 of the earth is covered by water. Many a student in our school has never been abroad. He rather than I is right. Nobody but two students is in the classroom.