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To: jbe who started this subject	2/24/2002 12:19:53 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) of 4711

From today's Washington Post: <<In Washington, nearly 8 percent of the black population is foreign-born, up from 1 percent in 1970. In Maryland, more than 5 percent of black adults are foreign-born, compared with one-half percent three decades ago.>> Which sentence contains the correct verb? Is "percent" still singular or not? Karen

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