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there is little water or services there are little water or

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there is little water or services there are little water or services 哪个对?
这两句只有is 和are 的区别.water 和 services只表示一个不可数名词和一个复数的可数名词,请不要从意义上判断它们是否能并列.
另外注意是"or"而不是"and"连接water和services.
GMAT第107.题:Downzoning,zoning that typically results in the reduction of housing density,allows for more open space in areas where little water or services exist.
  (A) little water or services exist
  (B) little water or services exists
  (C) few services and little water exists
  (D) there is little water or services available
  (E) there are few services and little available water
since water and services are being discussed as a pair,they should logically be treated as a compound subject requiring a plural verb; thus,the singular verbs exists (in B and C) and is (in D) are wrong.所以是要用“are”的?
就是说there be句是指了两类东西,所以用个复数,只不过这两类东西都是不可数,但是强调是两个东西.
再问: 哎~~services是可数的。。。我不知道什么时候应该用就近原则,什么时候应该认为它们是一体的。拜谢~~~
再答: 额好吧。。我觉得主要是看句子的意思,看它所要说的意义是指两类东西还是一个整体。gmat中可以适当忽略我们学习过的语法知识,其实那些所谓知识也未必是对的,你觉得呢?