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Thread: Subject-Verb Agreement (SVA)
- 20-Nov-2004, 16:16 #1vladz Guest
Subject-Verb Agreement (SVA) What is the SVA rule for fractions? For instance, what would be the right verb for the following phrases?
a. one-fourth of the pizza (is/are)
b. two-thirds of the students (is/are)
Thanks for the help.
Vladi
- 20-Nov-2004, 17:51 #2TheMadBaron Guest Re: Subject-Verb Agreement (SVA)
It depends on whether you're using a plural form of the object noun.
A quarter of the pizza is mine.
Two thirds of the students are yours.Last edited by TheMadBaron; 20-Nov-2004 at 18:22.
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