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 Svetlana_22

link 18.07.2006 12:06 
Subject: Проценты
Народ, со словом "проценты" глагол в каком числе употребляется?

Например: "5% акций принадлежит.."

is owed или are owed

Спасибо!

 gogolesque2

link 18.07.2006 12:12 
5 % of the shares belong to

 10-4

link 18.07.2006 12:28 
Неверно.

5% belongS to

 gogolesque2

link 18.07.2006 12:33 
10-4
i do believe you missed the subject of the sentence, shares. no offence, but you need a subject.
someone will read your answer and say to themselves, "5 % of what belongs to"?

 10-4

link 18.07.2006 12:43 
OK, 5% of the shares belongS to...

it's ONE part of the total, so it's singular. See details in

http://www.multitran.ru/Download/Technical_Style_Guide.zip

 gogolesque2

link 18.07.2006 12:51 
as i said earlier: 5 % of the shares belongs to

ok, subject = 5 % of the shares (this is a thing)
verb = belong to

5 % of the shares belongs to

guess i had a typo in my earlier answer. sorry to all for that.

 

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