Writing for Business - A Whatis.com Blog » one in five http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business Is your grammar as good as your code? Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 One in five has or one in five have? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/one-in-five-has-or-one-in-five-have/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/one-in-five-has-or-one-in-five-have/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:14:06 +0000 Ivy Wigmore http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/one-in-five-is-or-one-in-five-are/ Which is correct?

One in five computers ___ a fatal hard drive crash during its life span.
a. has
b. have


Answer: a.

Explanation:
The subject here is one: One computer has a fatal hard drive crash during its life span.

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