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Nhung 312 Posted 6 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Grammar ask? Please help me out!

I don't understand these sentences:

1. The percentage of Australian youngsters in both genders watching TV or video is equal.

Why is "is equal" but not "are equal"? I thought this sentence had "youngsters" and "genders" which are plural so this sentence has to be "are equal"?


2. "The figure for web users in USA was....." and "The figures for web users in USA and Mexico were...". Are two sentences correct? If yes so why? I don't get it?

I get confused about the part (was- were) and (figure-figures)??? why is that? The tense doesn't depend on "web users" right?

Thank you!

  

Top answer

Let's reword to clarify what you are trying to say. 1. The percentage of Australian youngsters (of both genders) who watch TV is equal to the percentage who listen to audio.

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  • Let's reword to clarify what you are trying to say.
  • 1.
  • The percentage of Australian youngsters (of both genders) who watch TV is equal to the percentage who listen to audio.
  • , not youngsters.
  • 2.
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Let's reword to clarify what you are trying to say.

1. The percentage of Australian youngsters (of both genders) who watch TV is equal to the percentage who listen to audio. You are comparing percentages, not genders., not youngsters.

2. Now, would you like to try #2 a

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I don't know what your texts or graphs are showing you, but I think it is this .(I'll just make up some simple numbers.)

Total number of web-users in the USA: 800.

Total number of web-users in Mexico: 300.

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You can say this.

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