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Old 14-May-2008, 04:56
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Default Re: Verb-Agreement Confusion
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Originally Posted by Mister Nutty View Post
Hi,






I am having a verb agreement problem. I just stumbled upon this text on a web page. I have highlighted the areas where I have confusions. Could someone please explain to me why the author has used plural forms of verbs with percents? The only reason that I can see is the percent numbers are also plural, and maybe that's why the he has done this, but I am not too sure about my insinuated reasoning.
Percentage is singular and it takes singular verb.The writer has "people" in mind.
"I am having a verb agreement problem." mm.correct?
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