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Hi🧐in this sentence,can ‘are’ be replaced by ‘is’,why or why not? One in two marriages in this country are falling apart.
2021년 1월 19일 오후 11:58
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"Is" is the correct verb here actually because "one" is the subject. "Marriages" is inside the prepositional phrase "in two marriages" so it is not the subject. That being said, this is a grammar rule we often ignore, especially in speech or conversation :)
2021년 1월 20일
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I don’t think so, because you’re talking about the marriages, for me sounds better ‘are’
2021년 1월 20일
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I agree with Jessica. The subject is "one" which is singular. The verb should be "is". "One" is modified by a preposition phrase, "in two marriages". If this is a question on a grammar test, I would use "is". However, when speaking many people will say "are" because they just said "marriages" which is plural and everyone is starting to forget about "one"; and also because one in two is fifty percent and that is a large number of marriages.
2021년 1월 20일
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Hey! "Are" the correct word in this instance because the noun marriages is plural. If the noun is not plural then the correct word is "is" for example "My marriage is falling apart". Hope this helps! :)
2021년 1월 20일
Is corresponds to the subject one..... Take for example... one of them is/are coming?
2021년 1월 20일
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