# Amounts, Fractions, Percentages: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

Amounts, fractions, percentages: Sometimes the subject comes after the verb, or after words like half of or ten per cent of. Rules, examples and a quick check.

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# Amounts, fractions, percentages: rules and examples

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Short answer. Sometimes the subject comes after the verb, or after words like half of or ten per cent of. Find the noun that really decides the verb before you choose it.

1 . Choose the right verb. Three-fourths of the wall ___ painted blue.

Sometimes the subject comes after the verb, or after words like half of or ten per cent of. Find the noun that really decides the verb before you choose it.

Find the real subject, even when it comes late.

Fractions and percentages. After half of, two-thirds of or forty per cent of, the verb agrees with the noun after of.

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- There is, there are . After there, the verb agrees with the noun that follows. A singular noun takes is or was. A plural noun takes are or were.
- Fractions and percentages . After half of, two-thirds of or forty per cent of, the verb agrees with the noun after of.
- Amounts as one sum . An amount of money, time or distance thought of as one sum takes a singular verb. Things counted one by one are plural.
- Subject after the verb . After here, or a place phrase at the start, the subject comes after the verb. It still decides the verb.
- Find the real subject, even when it comes late.

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