One-third of employees
Dear Folks,
There is a sentence whose grammatical validity
I doubt about, which is:
According to a survey, one-third of employees had worked
less than five years.
The book which contains this sentence says "it is a perfect
English sentence," but I am unhappy with it because the
fraction concerned (1/3) means, say, if you let the numerator=2,
the denominator must automatically come to 6, which further
means the denominator (=the general population) must be
clearly specified in advance when you mention any ratio.
Thus, I believe the sentence should be:
According to a survey, one-third of the employees had worked
less than five years.
Is there anything wrong with my theory?
Please kindly help me get out of my confusion.
Ray
Top answer
One third is the same as two sixths or four twelfths or eight twenty-fourths. I have no idea how you are connecting that mathematical relationship with the grammar of the sentence. In your sentence, " the " is optional or not, depending on the context.
- One third is the same as two sixths or four twelfths or eight twenty-fourths.
- I have no idea how you are connecting that mathematical relationship with the grammar of the sentence.
- In your sentence, " the " is optional or not, depending on the context.
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One third is the same as two sixths or four twelfths or eight twenty-fourths. I have no idea how you are connecting that mathematical relationship with the grammar of the sentence.
In your sentence, "the" is optional or not, depending on the context.
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