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Re: Is the sentence structure right?

Yoong Liat — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:27:06 GMT

Hi Goodman

If you had followed the thread closely, you would have noticed the following. In other words a guru has replied to the question. I agree with Barbara because she has a good command of English, and I've read about this usage before.

Creativeguru asked:

Only 5% of our students are placed after completion of their training! Because 95% are placed before

completion of the training.

Grammar Geek replied: It's okay, but starting the second sentence with a "Because" makes it informal."

^In^{South Africa}^{, about 5 million peopleâ 20 percent of the adult populationâare thought to be infected with HIV. Adult infection rates for}^{South Africa}^{âs ...}

Here the pertinent word is 'people'. Therefore 'are' should be used. It has nothing to do with the word 'population'.

^In^{South Africa}^{, about 5 million people (20 percent of the adult population) are thought to be infected with HIV. Adult infection rates for}^{South Africa}^{âs ...}

^{Percentages usually take a plural verb if the related noun (whether stated or implied) is in the plural: Ten per cent or the samples were substandard.}

^{Even one per cent tends to take a plural verb: One per cent of the samples were substandard.}

^{(The Rigtht Word at the Right Time)}

Re: Is the sentence structure right?

Goodman — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:51:48 GMT

^{From my Googling, I entered a quoted search â20% of the populationâ. Then I randomly selected}

^{these articles and the result was nearly 50/50 with singular and plural verb agreement.}

^{Uganda, Abstinence and the Spread of HIV : NPR}

^{Aug 14, 2006 ... In Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, more than 20 percent of the adult population is infected. -- South Africa (along with India) ...}

^{WPJ Fall 2004 - Political Islam: Image and Reality by Mohammed Ayoob}

^{In South Africa, about 5 million peopleâ 20 percent of the adult populationâare thought to be infected with HIV. Adult infection rates for South Africaâs ...}

^{Taiwan is a hyperendemic area where 15 percent to 20 percent of the adult population carries HBV. A massive vaccination program was initiated in Taiwan in ...}

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^{More than 20 percent of the adult population}^{participates in one or several study. circles (Rubenson 1996). The results from the IALS study illustrate some ...}

^{Any experts like to give it a stab?}

Re: Is the sentence structure right?

Goodman — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:13:29 GMT

^{Hi Liat,
I think what you said is contradicting. You are saying both of my exmaples are grammatically acceptable only with the right perception.}

A group of students was found lost in the forest. (If the students are perceived as a group, is should be used.)
If the rule sticks as you described about
50% of the students.. then my first example could not be accpetable because the pertinent word is "students" like you said.

^{^{A group of students were found lost in the forest. (If the students are perceived as individual students are could be used.)
I can agree with that!}
^{<<>> Half / 50% of the students were absent. (The pertinent word is students; student is a countable noun. If there are 100 students, then 50 of them were absent.)}
^{The bottom line is, a learner (even for me) may have a hard time deciding if it's a singular or plural verb agreement, even though I thought I know!}}

Re: Is the sentence structure right?

Goodman — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:18:28 GMT

Liat,

^{I donât think the correct answer should be dependent on the number of student based on the original question which was}

^{only 5% of the students are placed after completion of their training. Clearly, the subject is the percentage which is â5%â, not the student; if my understanding is true.}

^{My question was, should âisâ be used instead of âareâ? And I think it should.}

^{If this statement is transformed into a question, it would be âwhat is the percentage of}

^{Job placement after the students completed their training? Not how many students are placed.}

^{For the same reason:}

^{A set of tires for my new car costs me $500, not âcostâ.}

^{A group of students was found lost in the forest.}

^{Common belief is plural verb should be used in this kind of sentence construction.}

^{We need the gurus to clear up this oneâ¦.}

Clearify my doubts!!

Creativeguru — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:36:25 GMT

I read this in newspaper it was caption for recruitment ad

our client is one of the largest diamond companies, a truly global company employing over 20,000 worldwide. The following personnel are required for their expansion plan

In the start of the sentence, our client is one of the largest diamond companies, it seem our client they are talking about one client, for plural it should be our clients are. I found this sentence structure is not balance.

how will be the structure of the sentence according to me if I am wrong correct me

our clients are among the largest diamond companies. The following personnel are required for their expansion plan(plans).

Re: counting the years

Mister Micawber — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:44:08 GMT

Song lyrics are not necessarily common usage, particularly the sentence structure. 'Counting the + time unit plural' usually means 'waiting impatiently for a future event', but here is seems to mean 'enjoying the years' (with his/her main squeeze).

Re: looks to be or look to be

Believer — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:58:43 GMT

Thank you, Doll again.

I did a little search by googling some phrases and I think I came out with this:

"what seems to be" for 1, 300,000 hits (mostly for singular nouns)

"what seem to be" for 379,000 hits (mostly for plural nouns)

So, I would say that regardless of the sentence structures these phrase occur in, "seems" is for singular nouns and "seem" for plural nouns.

help me to correct this sentences

EquinoX — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:36:42 GMT

Please help me to correct these sentences without modifying the sentence structure at all. I know some sentences are messep up, but just help with the grammar and punctuation. Youe help would be really appreciated.

1.By providing an almost complete story about a carrier womenâs life at the morning until she work gives the reader a picture of how womenâs now are sacrificing their job in order to raise theyâre children back as theyâre supposed to.
2.In the book Mommy Myth by Susan Douglas, which is a professor at the University of Michigan and Meredith Michaels, who teaches philosophy at Smith College, they label the phenomenon as the New Momism (507).
3.The rhetoric part of bringing the book into this article is to have the audience realize that not only the writer it self is bringing up this idea into the society but also other people, such as book writerâs in this case are also concern about this issue.
4.By using a well known and famous company such as PWC, the audience then will realize about the stage of this problem does not only effect the woman itself but it also affects the company where those womenâs work for.
5.Most of the data presented here shows comparison on the changes of woman in the past and the present regarding to their career and jobs.

My teacher suggest that I change some words related to pronouns, possesives, and single plural shift. Thanks.

Re: How to deal with an unpleasant English teacher?

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:25:58 GMT

Dear Beverly,

I am not an English expert, (far from it, I too suck at writing and am a terrible speller and it is my first and only language!) but if I were to judge you by your letter and the writing skills demonstrated there....Well I'm sorry to say but you are not writing at a level that one would find in college. On the contrairy, I would judge that you are writing at a 7th grade level. And If I were you, I would use this "critizism" to empower myself to LEARN, LEARN, LEARN! From the errors that you have displayed in your writing, I can tell by reading it that English is not your first language. You are improperly using the (COLON in your writing, and just look at how F---ked up the paragraph that starts with "In the end" is. Not to mention the run on sentences and punction errors and and the use of words as singular verses plural, and the sentence structure itself the arrangement of nouns and verbs and the placement of the subject of the sentence. A good writer is a good writer wether they are writing in their native tounge or in their adopted language, If you learn the rules of the language and follow thoes rules then you will be a good writer. I know many people that speak English as a scond language and can spell and write much better than I! (much to my shame) but sometimes the people that are brutally honest with us are actually doing us a favor and that is telling it like it is! And yes, I agree with your English you suck at writing....NOW DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! LEARN THE RULES!

Brady.

Re: The proper plural form for status is... stati? statii? statuses? Thanks.

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 04:10:56 GMT

Most common sentence structure "popular" do not require the plural of status (es); My status over the years has changed. The Vietnam statuses / status had changed with the new immigration laws.

Search results for 'tag:Sentence structures tag:Plurals' matching tags 'Sentence structures' and 'Plurals'

Re: Is the sentence structure right?

Here the pertinent word is 'people'. Therefore 'are' should be used. It has nothing to do with the word 'population'.

In South Africa, about 5 million people (20 percent of the adult population) are thought to be infected with HIV. Adult infection rates for South Africaâs ...

Percentages usually take a plural verb if the related noun (whether stated or implied) is in the plural: Ten per cent or the samples were substandard.

Even one per cent tends to take a plural verb: One per cent of the samples were substandard.

(The Rigtht Word at the Right Time)

Re: Is the sentence structure right?

Uganda, Abstinence and the Spread of HIV : NPR

Aug 14, 2006 ... In Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, more than 20 percent of the adult population is infected. -- South Africa (along with India) ...

WPJ Fall 2004 - Political Islam: Image and Reality by Mohammed Ayoob

In South Africa, about 5 million peopleâ 20 percent of the adult populationâare thought to be infected with HIV. Adult infection rates for South Africaâs ...

Re: Is the sentence structure right?

Re: Is the sentence structure right?

Clearify my doubts!!

Re: counting the years

Re: looks to be or look to be

help me to correct this sentences

Re: How to deal with an unpleasant English teacher?

Re: The proper plural form for status is... stati? statii? statuses? Thanks.

^In^{South Africa}^{, about 5 million people (20 percent of the adult population) are thought to be infected with HIV. Adult infection rates for}^{South Africa}^{âs ...}

^{Percentages usually take a plural verb if the related noun (whether stated or implied) is in the plural: Ten per cent or the samples were substandard.}

^{Even one per cent tends to take a plural verb: One per cent of the samples were substandard.}

^{(The Rigtht Word at the Right Time)}

^{Uganda, Abstinence and the Spread of HIV : NPR}

^{Aug 14, 2006 ... In Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, more than 20 percent of the adult population is infected. -- South Africa (along with India) ...}

^{WPJ Fall 2004 - Political Islam: Image and Reality by Mohammed Ayoob}

^{In South Africa, about 5 million peopleâ 20 percent of the adult populationâare thought to be infected with HIV. Adult infection rates for South Africaâs ...}