2008年工程碩士GCT英語(yǔ)考試詞匯語(yǔ)法指導(dǎo)二十四

1. 數(shù)字有時(shí)可以當(dāng)名詞或形容詞使用。當(dāng)名詞使用時(shí)，其詞尾可加-s/-es變?yōu)閺?fù)數(shù)形式。而當(dāng)形容詞使用時(shí)，其詞尾不能加-s/-es。 正確表達(dá)法
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    名詞：
    hundreds of examples
    形容詞：
    three feet
    an eight-foot-long tail
    ten thousand people
    two million years ago
    fifty percent of the inhabitants
    a fifty-percent decrease
    hundred of example, hundred’ s of examplesthree foot
    an eight-feet-long tail
    ten thousands people
    two millions years ago, two million year ago
    fifty percents of the inhabitants
    a fifty-percents decrease, a fifties-percent decrease