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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Have you come across Dialecticon? This examines frequency based on web site origin.
Of course, web site origin is hard to determine, so results are only a guideline, but it's usually pretty good at indicating what is the norm in US, UK, Canada an Australia.
For "one in six boys is" vs "one in six boys are", we get
US: 28%:72%
Canada: 55%:45%
Australia: 35%:65%
UK: 75%:25%
So in the US use 'are', in the UK use 'is'. In Canada toss a coin. In Australia, 'are' is probably the one to go for.
Usually, Australia matches the UK. But not in this case.
[Edit: Got the is/are the wrong way around when I summarised (now fixed). Personal bias - despite being in the UK, I feel that 'are' is right .  ] |
That is pretty much what I expected based on this thread.