percent - singular or plural?
If percent stands alone without a subsequent prepositional phrase, you can use a singular or a plural verb with it: Sixty percent is accounted for;Sixty percent are accounted for. If a prepositional phrase following percent contains a noun or pronoun object regarded as a unit or a whole, use a singular verb: Sixty percent of the electorate is accounted for. If the object of the preposition in such a phrase is regarded as a number of people or things, use a plural verb: Sixty percent of the votes are accounted for.
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