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are fractions and percentages supposed to be in plural or singular
Is the verb supposed to agree with the noun following the number or the number itsself?

20% of the world's people are/Is dying
0% of the world's people are/Is dying
1% of the world's people are/Is dying


1/3 of the world's people are/Is dying
2/3 of the world's people are/Is dying

What if the noun is a mass noun?

20% of the world's flour are/Is wasted
0% of the world's flour are/Is wasted
1% of the world's flour are/Is wasted

1/3 of the world's flour are/Is wasted
2/3 of the world's flour are/Is wasted

[Teia]

are fractions and percentages supposed to be in plural or singular
Is the verb supposed to agree with the noun following the number or the number itsself?

20% of the world's people are/Is dying
0% of the world's people are/Is dying
1% of the world's people are/Is dying


1/3 of the world's people are/Is dying
2/3 of the world's people are/Is dying

What if the noun is a mass noun?

20% of the world's flour are/Is wasted
0% of the world's flour are/Is wasted
1% of the world's flour are/Is wasted

1/3 of the world's flour are/Is wasted
2/3 of the world's flour are/Is wasted

With plural nouns use plural verbs :

20% of the world's people are dying

With fractions, percentages and indefinite quantifiers, the verb agrees with the preceding noun or clause.
With singular or non-count nouns , use a singular verb:

One third of this article is taken up with statistical analysis.
All of the book seems relevant to this study.
Half of what he writes is undocumented.
About fifty percent of the job is routine.
All the information is current.


20% of the world's flour is wasted.

Subject-Verb Agreement

Seventy percent of the professors have doctoral degrees.
Seventy percent of the money has been spent.
Subject and Verb Agreement