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Topic Options #209919 - 03/06/13 03:48 AM One in 10 students in my class is / are rich. Lionel Koh newbie Registered: 09/24/12 Posts: 41 One in 10 students in my class is / are rich. Which bold word should I use? Thanks. Top #209920 - 03/06/13 06:42 AM Re: One in 10 students in my class is / are rich. [Re: Lionel Koh] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1075 Loc: Lancaster, UK Welcome, Lionel. Is - the subject of the sentence is 'one student', therefore the verb must be singular. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #209922 - 03/06/13 07:20 AM Re: One in 10 students in my class is / are rich. [Re: Lionel Koh] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 Unless you feel that you're not really talking about one student, you're talking about 10% of the class. Top #209923 - 03/06/13 12:30 PM Re: One in 10 students in my class is / are rich. [Re: Lionel Koh] gooofy newbie Registered: 01/19/12 Posts: 37 According to MWDEU, the plural verb is more common in this construction, although the singular verb is found. Use of the plural verb is due to notional agreement - that is, the subject is seen as a percentage, as Faldage says. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8946 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222187 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0, Lonnie 8946 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (1 invisible), 91 Guests and 6 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 62 LukeJavan8 53 may2point0 16 May 3 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8429 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6785 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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