Question about singular/plural with present perfect.
What is the correct sentence for your question?
Four decades later, three-quarters of the area’s land has been sold. ” Which
verb is more suitable with “is”?
What does it mean if there are other methods when learning to write another story?
In the original questions and comments, have two separate “fraction” issues emerged.
- Why is the verb plural?
Which reason can a fraction take the same plurality as the thing it modifies? In the context of the present question, “the land” is singular therefore it’s appropriate to use the singular verb “has”.
- Why should a fraction are hyphenated?
What is fraction? In situations where a fraction is a noun, there should be no hyphen, while if a fraction is being used as an adjective to describe something else, it should be hyphenated; see the examples. You can
- use “Two-thirds share of the land” as an adjective modifier of a noun “share” .
If the Q3.a question calls for a fraction without the hyphen, then may we
retrace the current form without a hyphen?
