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Hi Nessie
Grammatically, your sentences are fine. BUT...
3. 3/2 of the oranges are rotten. :shock:
Do you mean 150% of the oranges? (That seems to be what you've written. But how is that possible?)
Or did you mean two thirds (2/3) of the oranges?
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Jun 20, 2008 18:21 pm one, less than one and more than one. |
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Oh I'm sorry Amy. Yes, I mean 2/3 :D
Now talking about "2/3 of the oranges", I think there are 2 ways of understanding:
1. 2/3 of the oranges are rotten (we are talking about a certain number of oranges - for example 9 oranges, and 6 of them are rotten)
2. 2/3 of the oranges is rotten (we are talking about one orange of which 2/3 is rotten.
What do you think?
As for:
20 per cent of the students here are female => OK
What about this, Amy:
1 per cent of the students here (be) female.
=> we say one percent, but the number of female students may be greater than one, so...)
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Jun 20, 2008 18:48 pm one, less than one and more than one. |
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| nessie wrote: |
1. 2/3 of the oranges are rotten (we are talking about a certain number of oranges - for example 9 oranges, and 6 of them are rotten)
2. 2/3 of the orange is rotten (we are talking about one orange of which 2/3 is rotten.
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:06 am one, less than one and more than one. |
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| 3/2 of the oranges are rotten |
By the way, did you guys know that 3 out of 2 people have problems with fractions? :lol:
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Jun 21, 2008 18:41 pm one, less than one and more than one. |
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Thanks a lot, Barb :)
And how about this:
1 per cent of the students here (be) female.
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Jun 21, 2008 19:08 pm one, less than one and more than one. |
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| Barb_D wrote: |
| nessie wrote: |
1. 2/3 of the oranges are rotten (we are talking about a certain number of oranges - for example 9 oranges, and 6 of them are rotten)
2. 2/3 of the orange is rotten (we are talking about one orange of which 2/3 is rotten.
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Hi,
Another question has arisen in my mind:
Is it all right to use "one orange of which 2/3 is rotten"? (I know "one orange, 2/3 of which is rotten" is quite correct - just like "she has 3 sisters, two of whom are married", but I'm not sure whether "one orange of which 2/3 is rotten" is correct or not - and I have no idea why I used it the other day :lol: )
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