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Fully one third of registered voters, according to recent polls, believes that character is the first consideration in assessing the worth of a politician. A believes that character is the first B believes that character is first a C believes that character is at first D believe that character is at first E believe that character is the first Is the subject singular or plural and WHY?
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07 Jun 2011, 08:49
The subject is plural - 'one third of registered voters'... so verb should be 'believe'
Answer E.
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07 Jun 2011, 08:56
Can you explain what is wrong with my thinking then:
of is a preposition, thus what follows it is the object. So the actual subject is one-third and "of registered voters" serves as a prepositional phrase which acts an adjective.
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DYNAMITE wrote: Can you explain what is wrong with my thinking then:
of is a preposition, thus what follows it is the object. So the actual subject is one-third and "of registered voters" serves as a prepositional phrase which acts an adjective. yes that is correct and you have to refer the object of the preposition. So in the above, object is 'registered voters' , so we chose 'believe' to agree in subject-verb pair. Consider following additional examples - One third of the city is employed. One third of the people are employed. 75% of the icecream is over. 75% of the icecreams are over.
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DYNAMITE wrote: Can you explain what is wrong with my thinking then:
of is a preposition, thus what follows it is the object. So the actual subject is one-third and "of registered voters" serves as a prepositional phrase which acts an adjective. Yes, this is an exception to the rule. If we have something that is showing us the count/number before "of the noun" prepositional phrase, the verb must agree with the noun as nicely explained by agdimple333 earlier.
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Tricky one. If you look closely the subject is plural "voterS" and not "one third", which is singular. So E is correct.
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+1 E When we talk about fractions or percentages, the number of the noun after "of" is what really matters.
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this, my friend, is NOT a 700+ level question.
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MBAhereIcome wrote: this, my friend, is NOT a 700+ level question. I agree.........impossible. is not a 700 level question
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Re: Fully one third of registered voters, according to recent [#permalink]
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Clearly E
S-V agreement and the first better than at first
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