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    Question

    At least one-third (A)/of all women (B)/over ninety has

    (C)/sustained a hip fracture (D). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
    A At least one-third Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B of all women Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C over ninety has Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D sustained a hip fracture Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    With words that indicate portions—percent, fraction, part, majority, some, all,none, remainder, and so forth —look at the noun in the‘of’ phrase (object of thepreposition) to determine whether to use a singular or plural verb. If the object ofthe preposition is singular, use a singular verb. If the object of the preposition isplural, use a plural verb. Here, ‘have’ is correct. At least one-third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture.

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