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Bookmark or Share- one third - singular or plural - WordReference ForumsA third of the appl e was bad A third of the appl es were bad There will be cases where the 'of something' is missing, but this can be understood from the context: e.g. Most politicians voted themselves a pay rise but one-twentieth [implied = politicians] were honest enough to vote against it. One third of all patients are managed by specialist ...
- One-third of the students <is><are>... - WordReference ForumsOne third of the students translates to a certain number of students. One third of the students might be 15 students. 15 students are... On the other hand: - One third of the pie is gone. There is only one pie.
- One third vs. One-third | UsingEnglish.com ESL ForumWhat can a hyphen between one and third do in the phrase One third of the population? Which is the correct usage of One third in that sentence, with the...
- One third of the three people is/are? | WordReference ForumsI would say that it takes the plural nonetheless, because you're discussing about several objects, and not about a part of a single object. The fact that one-third happens to be one person I think is only semantics, not grammar. I bet others have a lot to say about this, and I also think this has been discussed on other threads too.
- One-third of the people are unemployed - WordReference ForumsHi one-third of the people are unemployed. Are sounds more grammatical sweet/good but it is not a correct English, you can`t start a singular sentence and bastardize it with plural verb (s) because you want it to sound sweet to a lay man.We are talking of one out of three (1/3) ,we are talking of one out of the many not the many; the people ...
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