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one, less than one and more than one. #1 (permalink) Fri Jun 20, 2008 16:26 pm   one, less than one and more than one.
 

Hi,

Please have a look at these:

1. One orange is rotten. => OK because this is one orange.
2. 1/2 of the orange is rotten. => OK because this is less than one
3. 3/2 of the oranges are rotten => OK
4. 20 per cent of the students here are female => OK

Please give me a check.
Thank you very much.
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one, less than one and more than one. #2 (permalink) Fri Jun 20, 2008 17:49 pm   one, less than one and more than one.
 

Hi Nessie

Grammatically, your sentences are fine. BUT...

3. 3/2 of the oranges are rotten. Shocked

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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one, less than one and more than one. #3 (permalink) Fri Jun 20, 2008 18:21 pm   one, less than one and more than one.
 

Oh I'm sorry Amy. Yes, I mean 2/3 Very Happy
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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one, less than one and more than one. #4 (permalink) Fri Jun 20, 2008 18:48 pm   one, less than one and more than one.
 

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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one, less than one and more than one. #5 (permalink) Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:06 am   one, less than one and more than one.
 

Quote:
3/2 of the oranges are rotten

By the way, did you guys know that 3 out of 2 people have problems with fractions? Laughing
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one, less than one and more than one. #6 (permalink) Sat Jun 21, 2008 18:41 pm   one, less than one and more than one.
 

Thanks a lot, Barb Smile
And how about this:

1 per cent of the students here (be) female.
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one, less than one and more than one. #7 (permalink) Sat Jun 21, 2008 19:08 pm   one, less than one and more than one.
 

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.

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 Laughing )
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