集体名词,以单数形式出现,但实为复数。例如:
people police cattle 等本身就是复数,
不能说 a people,a police,a cattle,
但可以说a person,a policeman,a head of cattle
the English,the British,the French,the Chinese,the Japanese,the Swiss 等名词,表示国民总称时,作复数用,如
The Chinese are industries and brave.
中国人民是勤劳勇敢的。