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Question(please) Hi, there Could you help me with two questions? 1) Do you say "One in every three youth is..." or "One in every three youths is..."? 2) If soemoen says "Your order was already delivered", could you say "It'd better have"? or should you say "It'd better have been"? Thank you

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Question(please)

Hi, there

Could you help me with two questions?

1) Do you say "One in every three youth is..." or "One in every three youths is..."? The correct sentence would be "One in every three youths is" (since there are three of them in this group)
2) If soemoen says "Your order was already delivered", could you say "It'd better have"? or should you say "It'd better have been"?
It better have been is correct


Thank you

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Question(please)

Hi, there

Could you help me with two questions?

1) Do you say "One in every three youths is..." or "One in every three youths is..."? (A third of youths is..) also works.
2) If someone says "Your order was already delivered", could you say "It'd better have"?no or should you say "It'd better have been"?yes. Personally, I think people use both nearly equally.

Thank you
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one in three youths ( the 'every' is unnecessary in this phrase)
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once in 3 months
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once in 3 months

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