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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
percent/fraction
Five percent of the people in the world are Americans.
One in five students speak English.
One third of the students in the classroom are Asians
One third of the students is made up of Asians.
Are they OK?
Thank you
One in five students speak English.
One third of the students in the classroom are Asians
One third of the students is made up of Asians.
Are they OK?
Thank you
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Hi, Five percent of the people in the world are Americans. OK One in five students speak English. speaks.
- Hi, Five percent of the people in the world are Americans.
- OK One in five students speak English.
- speaks.
- Better to say 'one in every five'.
- One third of the students in the classroom are Asians OK One third of the students is made up of Asians.
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Hi,
Five percent of the people in the world are Americans. OK
One in five students speak English. speaks. Better to say 'one in every five'.
One third of the students in the classroom are Asians OK
One third of the students is made up of Asians. O
Five percent of the people in the world are Americans. OK
One in five students speak English. speaks. Better to say 'one in every five'.
One third of the students in the classroom are Asians OK
One third of the students is made up of Asians. O
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One third of the students is made up of Asians.
This one strikes me as unidiomatic, but the rest are fine.
I think you mean that the class (or whatever group) is made up of one third Asians and two thirds something else.
That is, it is not the one third, but the whole that is made up of something.
CJ
This one strikes me as unidiomatic, but the rest are fine.
I think you mean that the class (or whatever group) is made up of one third Asians and two thirds something else.
That is, it is not the one third, but the whole that is made up of something.
CJ
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Hi,
Why is the verb in the first sentence is in plural and the verb in the second sentence is in the singular form?
One third of the students in the classroom are Asians.
One third of the students is made up of Asians.
Why is the verb in the first sentence is in plural and the verb in the second sentence is in the singular form?
One third of the students in the classroom are Asians.
One third of the students is made up of Asians.
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BelieverHi,I can be wrong but any fraction to my knowledge is treated as singular. e.g. Half of the accountin
Why is the verb in the first sentence is in plural and the verb in the second sentence is in the singular form?
One third of the students in the classroom are Asians.
One third of the students is made up of Asians.
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Thank you.
I think one thread from this forum went over this area of grammar and seemed to have been noted that when you have the "percent + of the noun" structure, the determining factor is whether or not the noun is plural or in singular, so it seems to me both sentences below should be in plural.
One third of the students are Asians.
One third of the students are mad
I think one thread from this forum went over this area of grammar and seemed to have been noted that when you have the "percent + of the noun" structure, the determining factor is whether or not the noun is plural or in singular, so it seems to me both sentences below should be in plural.
One third of the students are Asians.
One third of the students are mad
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