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one-thirds vs one third

Both "one-thirds" and "one third" are not correct. The correct form is "one third." The term "one third" is used to indicate a single part out of three equal parts.

Last updated: April 09, 2024 • 697 views

one-thirds

This is not a correct construction in English.

The correct form is "one third" when referring to a single part out of three equal parts.
  • We never did one-thirds.
  • Amongst these, is a straight horizon, which you can choose to set half way up the frame, at one-thirds or at two-thirds, whether you are shooting horizontally or vertically.
  • With one-thirds of seats appointed by President Park Chung-hee, the ruling party had a supermajority.
  • One-third white cheddar, one-third yellow cheddar, one-third grated American.
  • One-third of the population is unemployed, one-third has work and one-third has informal work.
  • One-third of Iceland's financial regulators...
  • One-third of all raids were directed against airfields.
  • Wait, that means three parts one third antifreeze.
  • Approximately one third were declared inadmissible.
  • All ahead one third, starboard back one third.
  • One-third to one-fourth of the ski resorts shows a deficit.
  • The Communists sought a coalition of one-third Nationalists, one-third Communists, and one-third other parties, to form a government that would draft the new Constitution.
  • One third received Sativex, one third the THC rich extract and one third placebo. The drugs were administered by means of a spray into the mouth.
  • Zeus settled the dispute by decreeing that Adonis would spend one third of the year with Aphrodite, one third with Persephone, and one third with whomever he chose.
  • One third to the Dominicans, one third to the Franciscans, and one third to us Jesuits.
  • It's one-third coffee, one-third cocoa, one-third chai... with a little bit of steamed soy and cinnamon and a little bit of nutmeg.
  • Of these one third are unemployed, one third are pensioners, and one third are in work.
  • We understand that, of the principal tests, roughly one-third can now be done by alternative methods, one-third are modified and one-third await effective resolution.
  • One third of revenue synergies are expected to come from [...], one third from [...] and one third from [...].
  • First mix a pint of liquid that's one-third turpentine, one-third white vinegar and one-third boiled linseed oil.

one third

This is the correct form to use when referring to a single part out of three equal parts.

Use "one third" when you want to indicate a single part out of three equal parts.
  • Wait, that means three parts one third antifreeze.
  • Approximately one third were declared inadmissible.
  • I figure it is somewhere around one third.
  • You're talking about one third of your inheritance.
  • All ahead one third, sir.
  • Mother is entitled to one third of the property.
  • We just fired one third of their workforce.
  • Humans used one third of all dry land for farms and pastures.
  • I believe, sire, one third of a Triskellion.
  • Mother gets one third and we divide the rest.
  • They're excluded from one third of British state-funded primary schools.
  • Relax, my guy does everything for one third the cost.
  • It seems that one third went to the company.
  • These are the conditions in one third of the lands of our planet.
  • A man dies when one third of his blood is lost.
  • When I'll require one third of the awarded amount.
  • Helm, on my command, reduce impulse power to one third.
  • I may be a drunk, but I owe one third of that ranch...
  • You are one third as productive in open-plan offices as in quiet rooms.
  • About one third of the entire world's population lived under that meta-narrative.

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