"Il cinquanta per cento di loro non crede."

Translation: Fifty percent of them do not believe.

[siebolt]

Remember that Italian says "the fifty percent", masculine singular > crede. If you would say "fifty of them don't believe" > cinquanta di loro non credono. (only one -d-)

[dnovinc]

Shouldn't it be "Il cinquanta percento" when it is used as a noun ? http://www.wordreference.com/enit/percent

[KarenColle]

According to the reading I did this morning on per cento vs. percento, I agree with Dnovinc.

[David1945]

Grazie!

[dmmaus]

Should also accept "per cent", not just "percent". I couldn't even figure out what I got wrong until I saw the missing space. My English dictionary lists "per cent" as the primary spelling.

[tango-alpha]

Why is not credono?

[formaggiamente]

Because "il cinquanta per cento" = masculine singular.

[dannygofwts]

Why not "the fifty percent of them do not believe"?

[Lisawm]

Same problem here. I guess that's just a thing within the English grammar; "do" refers to "them", not to "the fifty percent". The percentage represents "them" so that's what you should base the verb on (they do, the fifty percent does).

[powerdatc]

I said "Half of them don't believe".... Guess DL doesn't like my laziness... -1 heart

[AudraSimps]

Is "fifty per one hundred of them do not believe it" wrong?

[germz20]

I put "cinquanta percento di loro non credono" & it marked it correct, I guess if you don't put "il" then "loro" becomes the noun instead of "per cento"

[nstallaert2]

I never thought about it until now, but interesting how "per cento" literally translates into both "percent" and "for one hundred", and those two things are the exact same thing since a percent is out of one hundred. Lol

[MABBY]

What the hell? "il cinquanta"? I thought it was an audio problem. Why not La cinquanta (or Il cinquanto)?

[siebolt]

il ... percento // la percentuale >> ... percent // percentage. I could write a lot about the reason for masculine and cinquanta. You would lose time trying to understand and that would be useless. It is quicker and easier to learn this rule: [number] percent = "il [number] percento" the number is the same number as used for counting. "un, due, tre, quattro, venti, cinquanta, novanta" IL CINQUANTA PERCENTO.

[AngiePenro]

Think of it like "cinquanta" is an adjective modifying the noun "percent." The article agrees with the noun, not the adjective.

[vivicsi86]

If 'do not believe' has to be in plural why percent isn't in plural????

[Chris783722]

We Never were introduced to "per cento" or %, only cento "100". And Should it not be one word and be translated " Fifty per hundred of them do not believe."??