Numbers and proportions
I don't know how to say that in English. Somebody can help?
Dos de los cuatro amigos
(there are four friends and I want to talk about two of them)
Dos de cada tres españoles
(I mean 2/3 spaniards)
De los 300 alumnos, 50 son españoles
(There are 300 alumni, 50 of them are spaniards)

Question

Numbers and proportions
I don't know how to say that in English. Somebody can help?
Dos de los cuatro amigos 
(there are four friends and I want to talk about two of them)
Dos de cada tres españoles
(I mean 2/3 spaniards)
De los 300 alumnos, 50 son españoles
(There are 300 alumni, 50 of them are spaniards)

Answer

- two of the four friends
- two out of three Spaniards
- Of the 300 alumni, 50 are Spanish.

Answer

You can use:

Two of the four friends...
Two out of three Spaniards... (using a fraction can be misinterpreted)
Of the three hundred alumni, fifty are Spanish.

Answer

Those are the four friends, two of which I wish to talk about.
Two of those three Spaniards.
Of the 300 alumni 50 are Spanish.

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