Half of the population谓语是 is 还是are?语法书说人口的几分之几或百分之几谓语要用复数.

题目

Half of the population谓语是 is 还是are?语法书说人口的几分之几或百分之几谓语要用复数.
但是More than half of the UK population doesn't accept climate change

答案

用is,half of 是用来修饰/定义the population的,所以真正的主语中心词还是the population,后面要跟单数形式的谓语动词.