27. What are 35% of people using personal ads for dating?
the answer is "married".
I am confused.
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Tier enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
It makes perfect sense to me! Just think on it a bit ^.^
They're using them to keep track? 
Mortious shrugs.
35% of people using personal ads for dating are married.
LIke.. hwat is it asking?
The question makes perfect sense to me, and is phrased properly abiding by the rules of the English Language. 
"What are 35% of people" is the begining of a quesiton - like "What are 2% of dogs thinking right now?"
But sticking "Using person ads for dating... it's not asking what 35% of poeple using personal ads using them for. It has nothing to do with the singleness or lack thereof of the poeple in question.
I'm just confused on how that is the answer, or why, or how Demos got it.
are(the participle)
35% of the people using personal ads for dating(the subject)
What are they? Married.
It's like "What are 35% of all dogs trained inside Panama for pets" and an answer would be something like Labrodor [ 01-05-2003: Message edited by: Skaw ]
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This insanity brought to you by Skaw:
What(The question starter)are(the participle)
35% of the people using personal ads for dating(the subject)
What are they? Married.
... Can I at least claim it's poorly worded?
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From the book of Gikkwiny, chapter 3, verse 16:
.... How isthat grammatically correct?"What are 35% of people" is the begining of a quesiton - like "What are 2% of dogs thinking right now?"
But sticking "Using person ads for dating... it's not asking what 35% of poeple using personal ads using them for. It has nothing to do with the singleness or lack thereof of the poeple in question.
I'm just confused on how that is the answer, or why, or how Demos got it.
It is asking what the people using the adds are.
"What are" - question
"35% of people" - subject of the question
"using personal ads for dating" - describes "people"
Rephrased:
"Describe 35% of the people that are using personal ads for dating."
Edit: Skaw beat me to it. [ 01-05-2003: Message edited by: Palador ChibiDragon ]
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We were all impressed when Gikkwiny wrote:
... Can I at least claim it's poorly worded?
Hell yah.
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Nobody really understood why Dr. Pvednes, PhD wrote:
Makes perfect sense to me..
Shush you.
It's poorly worded.
A better way would be to say it is worded unusually. In an unused sentence pattern
