No one in the department but Tom and I_that the director is going to resign(辞职).
A.knows B.know C.have known D.am to know
考试前晚我做了这题,选了A,结果应该选B；第二天考试考到原题,我选B,结果答案是A,想知道为什么."not ...but..."接动词不是应该根据but后的人称吗?
答：AB
译：除了汤姆和我之外,没人知道主任要辞职.
析：1.真主是no one =nobody, 谓语用单数A. knows
2. 现代英语有一个邻近一致现象,用B. know
张道真的《实用英语语法》一书中早有类例：
P422: Nobody but Hsiao Li and Hsiao Wang was there.
No one except my parents knows anything about it.
但在本书P426,讲了主谓邻近一致的这么几种情况：either...or..., neither...nor..., not only...but also, 还有there be型之后,加了这么一句：这种受邻近词影响的情况在现代英语中越来越多了:
然后有一个例子： No one except his own supporters agree with him.
所以,按张道真的这本语法书的说法,这题就有两个答案.出题者失误!
Not A but B 作主语,真正的主语是B,因为说得很明确：主语不是A而是B,这并不是邻近一致现象.