Question
1) Half of my blanket is wet. 2) Half of my
blankets is wet. 3) Half of my blanket are wet. 4) Half of my blankets are wet. 5) Both 1) and 4) Choose the sentence which is grammatically correct. If none of the given sentences is correct, mark (5), i.e None correction required, as the answer.Solution
Rule ⇒ After such expressions as one – half of, two – thirds of, a part of, a majority of, (a) use a singular verb if a singular noun follows the of. (B) use a plural verb when a plural noun follows the of. ‘Blanket’ is the noun and ‘is’ is the verb. Correct usage is: Blanket … is Blankets …. are
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