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Grammar question -- which is correct here?

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Apr 13 '17, 05:16

"Average savings *ARE* currently 10% per event" or
"Average savings *IS* currently 10% per event"

Multiple events, multiple savings, but there is only 1 singular average of savings.

Spell-check doesn't error on either.

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People save, on average, 10% per event. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 13, 07:19 2
- This, though technically the "per event" is redundant. -- nm - Ender Apr 13, 07:40 1
  - Possibly doubly so! -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 07:42
Great question. I can't come up with anything definitive and the more I think about it the worse it gets. I agree with LMS, use "saving." -- nm - mara Apr 13, 07:17
"Average saving is currently 10% per event" I think. -- nm - LMS Apr 13, 05:21 1
- I would agree with this -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 13, 05:24
I dunno, you guys have that weird thing where savings can be singular. -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 05:18 1
- "By Grabthar's Hammer... what a savings." -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 05:44

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