有人回复我说“可以用is,因为是伟人”。
但已故的人就是已故的人,无论是伟人或者是普通人,都是故人,都要用过去式。
维基牛顿页面的首句是:
Sir Isaac Newton PRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a "natural philosopher"), widely recognised as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists and among the most influential scientists of all time.