Singular/plural - numbers (0<x<1)

[cheshire]

(1) zero point/points
(2) zero degree/degrees
(3) 0.35 degree/degrees
(4) 0.3 hour/hours
(5) 0.6 meter/meters
(6) 0.6 gram/grams
(7) 0.6 mile/miles
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Numbers less than 1, are they singular or plural?

 

[panjandrum]

Plural.
Only 1 <unit> is singular, most of the time.
Even zero seems to be plural??

Other opinions are likely.

 

[evilregis]

A unit of 1 is singluar. Anything else is plural.

1 apple. 2 apples. 0 apples.
10 degrees. -30 degrees. 1 degree.

At least that's how I've always said it.

 

[bouncy.bouncy]

Here:
one-half degrees
one half-degree
point-five degrees
one-half of a degree
50-percent of a degree

 

[cheshire]

Here:
one-half degrees
one half-degree
point-five degrees
one-half of a degree
50-percent of a degree

Wow, so many way of saying the same idea! Thanks a lot!

It's really interesting that you say 0 apples!

 

[roxcyn]

A unit of 1 is singluar. Anything else is plural.

1 apple. 2 apples. 0 apples.
10 degrees. -30 degrees. 1 degree.

At least that's how I've always said it.

I have to agree.

There are no apples = There are zero apples.

Maybe you don't say that in your language, some languages don't, but English does.

 

[cheshire]

Can you say "there is no apple." too?
Thank you!

 

[evilregis]

Yes. In the proper context, you could say "there is no apple".

Guy: Could you please grab that apple for me?
Girl: There is no apple.
Guy: I guess we have no apples then.

Hope that isn't too confusing. She could've also said "There are no apples."

"Is" is singular, so you use the singular for apple.