keannu
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2 may not make sense, but in the structure of A(part) of B where B is plural, if a number is allocated impliciltly or explicitly to A, would you say a singular verb for A? Even in 1, we don't know the number of mountains - it could be 3 - but they just choose plural verbs.
1. I saw a lot of mountains in the region. One third of the mountains were higher than 1km...
2. (I saw three mountains in the region.) One third of the mountains was higher than 1km...
1. I saw a lot of mountains in the region. One third of the mountains were higher than 1km...
2. (I saw three mountains in the region.) One third of the mountains was higher than 1km...