Which sentences are correct?
The tree was blown off by the wind.
The tree was blown away by the wind.
Three fourths of the work has been done.
Three fourths of the work have been done.
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The tree was blown away by the wind. (If the tree is completely gone, far from where it had been growing. ) I would say "Three fourths of the work has been done".
- The tree was blown away by the wind.
- (If the tree is completely gone, far from where it had been growing.
- ) I would say "Three fourths of the work has been done".
- You're probably going to get some disagreement among native speakers on this.
- Some will look on three fourths as a single unit (like me), and some will look at it as three things out of four.
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The tree was blown away by the wind. (If the tree is completely gone, far from where it had been growing. More likely is "The tree was blown down by the wind".)
I would say "Three fourths of the work has been done". You're probably going to get some disagreement among native speakers on this. Some will look on three fourths as a single unit (like me), and some will look at it as thre
0faisalkhan Which sentences are correct?
The tree was blown off by the wind. (OK as a variant of 'blown away', but not the most common way of saying it.)
The tree was blown away by the wind. (OK)
Three-fourths of the work has been done. (OK with the added hyphen)
Three fourths of the work have been done. (Wrong)
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