其他应注意的数的表达形式

1)a three-year-old boy 比较The boy is three years old

2) five thousand people/several thousand people比较 thousands of people

表达具体数字时，thousand不加 "s"，后面不加 "of "; ten,million,billion情况以此类推。

3) One-third of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.

Two-thirds of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.

One-third of the population in this area is living below the poverty line.

(这个地区有1/3人口生活在贫困线以下。)

注意：几分之几的表达形式;动词的单复数由后面的名词数决定。

4) a looker-on 比较two lookers-on(旁观者)/a brother-in-law比较two brothers-in-law(姻亲兄弟)

5) my father,together with (along with/with/as well as my mother and brothers) 结构中，主语作单数处理，即my father