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Subject-verb agreement with fractions & percentages

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Subject-Verb Agreement[edit | edit source]

The subject-verb agreement in French is the way to choose the correct ending for verbs in terms of grammatical persons, gender and number, depending on their subject.

Subject-Verb Agreement with fractions and percentages[edit | edit source]

When the fractions are subjects and have plural complements (present or implicit), the verbs agree with these complements:

  • La moitié (des gens) ont voté

Half (of the people) voted

  • Un tiers (de ceux qui étaient présents) ont parlé

A third (of those present) spoke

However, when the fraction has a singular complement (present or implied), verbs agree with the fraction:

  • La moitié (de la population) a voté

Half (the population) voted

  • Un tiers (de la maison) a été rénové

A third (of the house) has been renovated

Note: "les deux tiers" and percentages agree with plural verbs:

  • Les deux tiers des électeurs ont voté pour la gauche

Two-thirds of the electorate voted for the left

  • 33% ont voté pour la gauche

33% voted for the left

Note: In spoken or journalistic language "33% a voté pour la gauche" is often tolerated.

Other Chapters[edit | edit source]

Table of Contents

Nouns


Determiners


Personal and impersonal pronouns


Adjectives


Adverbs


Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers


Verb forms


Verb constructions


Verb and participle agreement


Tense


The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives


The infinitive


Prepositions


Question formation


Relative clauses


Negation


Conjunctions and other linking constructions

Contributors

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