Grammer question here. In the sentence "One in three truck drivers _ poor." Should it be "is" poor or "are" poor. In other words, is the subject "one" or is it "truck drivers"?

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Grammer question here.  In the sentence "One in three truck drivers _ poor."  Should it be "is" poor or "are" poor.  In other words, is the subject "one" or is it "truck drivers"?

anonymous · Answer

Believe that the subject is plural because it is talking about more than one truck driver.

anonymous · Answer

the subject is "one" ... thus making the appropriate verb "is"
"in" is a preposition "three truck drivers" are objects or modifies of the preposition

anonymous · Answer

'Is' would be correct since you're speaking of only one driver