Two-thirds of the city_____ in ruins. (To be)
Fill in the blank with present tense of the words in bracket)
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Two-thirds of the city is in ruins.
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The present tense form of ‘to be’ changes to ‘is/are/am’ depending upon the subject. If the subject is singular, it takes the singular form of ‘is’ and if it is plural the verb takes the plural form of ‘are’. Depending upon the person (first, second, or third) the verb ‘to be’ changes its form. In the above sentence, the phrase ‘two-thirds of a city’ represents a single entity as a whole, so the noun or the subject is singular and hence the verb should also take the singular form of ‘is’.
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