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Financegenius Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Subject of a sentence

0 Is it true that fractional expressions are not usually the subject of the sentence (i.e. football players, cane field, students, student body) and it is the subject (whether its plural or not) that actually determines whether the verb is plural or single....?? 02br
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00Eg. Two-fifths of the football players were lost in the protest. 0-
  

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0 You can use a fraction as a subject as long as you write it like "two thirds of X" not like "2/3 of X". 02br 00As for the verb's form, use a verb in singular form when the noun X is singular, and use a verb in plural form when the noun X is plural. " 02br 00This is fine to me.

— Paco2004

  • 0 You can use a fraction as a subject as long as you write it like "two thirds of X" not like "2/3 of X".
  • 02br 00As for the verb's form, use a verb in singular form when the noun X is singular, and use a verb in plural form when the noun X is plural.
  • " 02br 00This is fine to me.
  • 02br 02br 00paco 0-
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0 You can use a fraction as a subject as long as you write it like "two thirds of X" not like "2/3 of X". 02br
00As for the verb's form, use a verb in singular form when the noun X is singular, and use a verb in plural form when the noun X is plural. 02br
00 "Two-fifths of the football players were lost in the protest." 02br
00This is fine to me. 02br
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