• grayman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “1 in 10 residents” does not refer to a person but a proportion of people, which is a plurality of people. Change it to “10% of residents” and it’s clear that 'are"is more gooder.

    If you want to super expand it…

    A proportion of 1 in 10 residents are…

    Or

    Proportionally 1 in 10 residents are…

    Aaand also…

    “are” acts on “residents”, not “1 in 10”. “1 in 10” is an adjective phrase. Residents is the noun.