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"1 in 6": a grammar stumper
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08-27-2013, 09:23 PM
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Then what's the "1" for? I honestly don't get how "boys is the subject — wouldn't the subject be "1 boy"?
If you restructured the sentence, wouldn't it be "1 boy is abusd out of 6" ?
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