19. Which of the following is NOT correct? (A) Ten dollars is too much to pay for a coffee. (B) Each of the contestants is on the stage waiting. (C) Mathematics has been difficult for me since I was a child. (D) Neither the teacher nor the students wants to leave the house.
(A) Ten dollars is too much to pay for a coffee.:這個句子是正確的。雖然「dollars」是複數,但當作為總量來表示金額時,視為單數,動詞「is」是正確的。
(B) Each of the contestants is on the stage waiting.:這個句子是正確的。「Each」作為主語時,後面的動詞應該使用單數形式,因此「is」是正確的。
(C) Mathematics has been difficult for me since I was a child.:這個句子是正確的。「Mathematics」雖然是以「s」結尾,但它是一個單數名詞,表示一門學科,因此動詞「has」是正確的。
(D) Neither the teacher nor the students wants to leave the house.:這個句子是不正確的。當使用「neither...nor」結構時,動詞應該與最靠近的主語一致。這裡「students」是複數,所以動詞應該用複數形式「want」而不是「wants」。
正確答案:(D) Neither the teacher nor the students wants to leave the house.