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One fifth of the eggs was/were broken.

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Reply Wed 22 Nov, 2017 07:56 am
One fifth of the eggs was broken.
One fifth of the eggs were broken.

Which is the correct sentence?

Thanks.
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Reply Wed 22 Nov, 2017 10:12 am
Eggs is plural, therefore "were".
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Wed 22 Nov, 2017 10:31 am
@centrox,
centrox wrote:

Eggs is plural, therefore "were".

Thanks, centrox.
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