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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #209919 - 03/06/13 08:48 AM One in 10 students in my class is / are rich.   Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 41 Lionel Koh newbie Lionel Koh   newbie Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 41 One in 10 students in my class is / are rich. Which bold word should I use? Thanks. #209920 - 03/06/13 11:42 AM Re: One in 10 students in my class is / are rich. [Re: Lionel Koh]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 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 #209922 - 03/06/13 12:20 PM Re: One in 10 students in my class is / are rich. [Re: Lionel Koh]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Unless you feel that you're not really talking about one student, you're talking about 10% of the class. #209923 - 03/06/13 05:30 PM Re: One in 10 students in my class is / are rich. [Re: Lionel Koh]   Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 37 gooofy newbie gooofy   newbie Joined: Jan 2012 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. Moderated by  Jackie  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 Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,880 Posts224,647 Members9,045 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members DavidOrigami, RichEngle, Stosh2010, CarolWilliamson, Farscape07 9045 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 87 guests, and 2 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 55 A C Bowden 30 LukeJavan8 13 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,120 wofahulicodoc 7,875 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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