中式英語之鑑:人數比去年多

229. 今年應邀出席教師節慶祝活動的教師人數比去年多。

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[誤] The number of Teachers invited to the Teachers' Day celebrations this year were larger than that of last
year.

[正] The number of teachers invited to the Teachers' Day celebrations this year was larger than that of last
year.

注：a number of 是“若干，許多”的意思，後面應該用動詞的複數形式；第二個句子內 the number of 中的 number 是“數目”的意思，儘管後面接了複數 teachers，但主語是單數的 number，所以動詞須用單數。