One in ten ____ of the idea.

Votes: 212

Comments: 5

Added: April 2005

Comments:

Shin - 11th November 2005 02:21

People must not forget that "one" is the subject for this sentence. Since the subject is singular, it needs a singular form of a verb, thus "approves" is correct here.

Sergiu - 6th August 2006 16:47

One in ten means more than one... So that we should say "approve". Thank you!

nevar111 - 9th November 2006 02:18

Sorry, but Shin is correct.

RonBee - 25th November 2006 06:32

"One" is the subject of the sentence. It should be "One in ten approves...."

Dalriata - 21st April 2007 23:27

"One in ten approve of the idea." is correct.

"One in ten approves of the idea" is wrong.

"Three in five approves of the idea" is wrong.

"Three in five approve of the idea" is correct.

'X in Y' is the subject and is always treated as plural. Thus: approve.

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