Question

Many a boy and many a girl____to participate in the game held yesterday. a. was asked b. were aske

答案选B , 为什么啊，急急急

Answer 1

Many a boy and many a girl____to participate in the game held yesterday.
a. was asked b. were asked
选项是b。
Many a boy 【and】 many a girl+复数谓语动词
Many a boy / girl +单数谓语动词
“many a＋单数可数名词”形式上为单数，但意义上为复数(意为“许多”)，若用作主语，其谓语通常与形式一致而不与意义一致(即谓语用单数)。如：
Many a student has seen the film. 许多学生看过这部电影。
Many a fine man has died in that battle. 许多优秀的士兵死于那次战役。
Many a ship has been wrecked on those rocks. 许多船只毁于那些礁石之上。
Many a young man has tried and failed. 很多年轻人都试过，而且失败了。
Many a successful store has paid its rent cheerfully. 许多成功的店铺都非常乐意地付了房租。
注：“many a＋单数名词”是一个十分正式的结构，在口语或非正式文体中一般都用 many＋复数名词”代之。

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Answer 2

B
many a加上单数可数名词，后面的谓语动词用单数形式，但是这里有两个many a词组并列，相当于两个单数的东西并列，当然指复数，后面的谓语动词就要用复数形式了，希望我能帮助你解疑释惑，

Answer 3

句子语法错误 many a girl 和 many a boy 有问题 要么就是a boy，要么就是many boys 你这又是复数又是单数不成立

如果说原句是 many boys and many girls were asked to participate in the game held yesterday 那就没问题了，复数嘛。 was=单数 were=复数

Answer 4

Many a boy=Many boys