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t.dong0603
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Plural or singular?

by t.dong0603 Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:46 am

Instructors, please can you confirm:

One out of every 8 workers is plural, it should follow something like were women.

Am I correct?
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Re: Plural or singular?

by Willy Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:26 am

t.dong0603 Wrote:Instructors, please can you confirm:

One out of every 8 workers is plural, it should follow something like were women.

Am I correct?


No. 'One out of every 8 workers' is singular. Here, subject is ONE, which is singular. So, verb must be singular.
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Re: Plural or singular?

by tim Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:13 pm

thanks Willy!
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