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Hi everyone, I have to write a survey report and I �m not sure about two sentences. I would be really grateful if you could help me. So these are the sentences:
The same number of men and women questioned consume... (or should there be consumes?)
Of the 76 people interviewed 47% of women and 37% of
men claim... (or claims?)
According to the Oxford dictionaty if the noun is plural the verb is plural: 65% of children play computer games.
When the noun is singular, the verb is singular, but if the noun stands for a group of people it can be both (Sing. in AmE and Sing. or Plural in BrE) - 80% of the work force is/are against the strike.
As for the first one I think it can be seen as a group so I �d use "consume", but I cannot be sure.
