one out of twenty students

0 One... likes. Singular. 0-

0 If the class is made up of eighty students, then 'one out of twenty' (or 0.5 percent of) means 02br
00 four students.02br
00 Even so, is it singular?0-

0First one out of twenty is 5% not 0.5%02br
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00Why would you want to say "one out of 20" when referring to 80 people, instead of 5%?02br
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00In that case, I would say "Five percent of the students are..." if you didn't know how many students there are, or "Four students are..." if you did.02br
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00In our class of 80 students,

0 OR to make it clear that you're referring to more than 20 students, you can say:02br
01i00One out of 01b00every02b00 twenty students 01b00likes02b00 the class.02i050010id5

0 Yankee, thank you for clarifying things.02br
00 Now I can understand that 'every' is important here.02br
00 I shouldn't have skipped it.0-

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10One... likes. Singular.12blockquote

10 01b01font00Hi, G.G.02font02b02br
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01b01font00Would you say that "one out of 01u00every02u00 twenty students" would t

0 I would say "one out of every twenty students likes," with the singular. 0-

0 Singular, IMO. 0-

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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Singular, IMO. 12br
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10 01b01font00Looks like "singular" wins. I'll side with Marius and G.G.02font02b00 0-

0Have I offended you in some way, Philip? 050010id6