"Il cinquanta per cento di loro non crede."
Translation:Fifty percent of them do not believe.
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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-)
Shouldn't it be "Il cinquanta percento" when it is used as a noun ? http://www.wordreference.com/enit/percent
According to the reading I did this morning on per cento vs. percento, I agree with Dnovinc.
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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.
I know it's five years on, but as you probably know by now, per cent and percent are both acceptable. No question at all.
That's exactly my point--Duolingo didn't accept "percent" when I entered it. Words are spelled differently in different countries, hence, Duolingo should accept them both. I have no problem with people spelling it "per cent."
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Wait, it didn't accept "percent"? That's all it accepted when I did this. You should probably report it.
I said "Half of them don't believe".... Guess DL doesn't like my laziness... -1 heart
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).
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"
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
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The word "them" is not the subject of the sentence. Have a look at the cooments on this page for more.
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What the hell? "il cinquanta"? I thought it was an audio problem. Why not La cinquanta (or Il cinquanto)?
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.
Think of it like "cinquanta" is an adjective modifying the noun "percent." The article agrees with the noun, not the adjective.
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."??
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I believe you when you say that is what you think. Nevertheless, "credono" is wrong here. Please see the other comments on this page, which explain the matter.
