就近一致
故事：就近有一只猫和三百只老鼠在玩耍，在我看来，或者猫或者老鼠是要死的，可实际上，猫既没有把老鼠吃掉，老鼠也没有把猫整死，在长期的进化中，不仅是猫而且老鼠也知道了友善，他们彼此和谐相处了。不是猫，而是老鼠认为世界该变一变了。
译文：There is a cat and three mice playing in the yard.
解析：there be 句子是倒装结构，其中be的数的变化取决于最临近的一个主语。例如：
Is there a banana and seven apples on the table?
译文：In my view, either cat or mice are to die in the stuggle.
解析：either…or…或者…或者…，连接两个主语时，谓语动词的数随就近的一个。例如：
Either he or I am to be responsible for the accident.
译文：But , to my surprise, neither mice nor cat dies.
解析：neither…nor…既不…也不…，连接两个主语时，谓语动词的数随就近的一个。例如：
Neither his parents nor he is interested in swimming.
译文：In the long run, they have become friendly to each other. Not cat but mice believe the world should change.
解析：not…but…不是…而是… ,连接两个主语时，谓语动词的数随就近的一个。例如：
Neither the students nor the teacher runs away in the earthquake.
（符合就近原则的结构有there be, not…but…，not only…but also…，or…or…，neither…nor…）
记忆：
就近有个人在叫卖，不是老头而是老太；
不仅卖瓜而且卖菜，或者现钱或者放债，
既没有车也不用秤，只要你笑她就白送。
语法一致
故事：三国时候有一套马车金壁辉煌，它的美吸引了每一个国王，每一个国王，还有他的大臣们不止一次地想拥有这套马车，很多种方法都被他们尝试过了，但艰苦努力都是徒劳，当时有99％的人口都反对把车让给国王，因为只有勇士张飞，才是唯一有资格拥有这辆马车的人。只要这辆马车一跑，就会趟起大量的尘土。
译文：There was a cart and horse in the Three Kingdom Period, which was very splendid.
解析：
由and连接两个名词做主语，不是指同一个人、同一物或同一概念时，谓语动词一般用复数。当and连接两个表示同一个人，同一物或同一概念时，谓语动词常用单数形式，如果名词前要加冠词，往往在第一个名词前才用，第二个名词前不用冠词修饰。常见的有bread and butter, war and peace, a knife and fork， a cart and horse等。如：
（1）Fire and water don’t agree.
（2）The singer and dancer is popular with the young people.
（3）Bread and butter is what they usually have for breakfast.
译文：Every king was attracted by its beauty.
解析：
两个并列名词分别由every，each, many a, no等修饰，做主语时，谓语动词用第三人称单数。如：
（4）Each boy and each girl has an English dictionary.
（5）Many a boy and many girl made the same mistake in the exercise.
（6）No man and no animal is on the moon.
译文：The king, together with his ministers wanted more than once to own the horse and cart.
解析：
主语后面接有with, along with, together with, as well as, rather than, in addition to, like , except, but, including, besides等词构成的短语修饰时，谓语动词的数与前面的主语保持一致。如：
（7）Professor Brown with a group of students was doing experiments at that time.
（8）Our head teacher, along with his students is going to play football this weekend.
