30 Examples of Partitive Nouns

Partitive Nouns

The partitive nouns are those nouns that allude to a proportion of a whole that can be expressly named or elided but that can be deduced by context. Partitive nouns are followed by preposition "from". For example: a quarter of..., two-thirds of ...

The function of partitive nouns is to quantitatively express something with respect to a total.

Partitive constructions are made up of:

A quantifying element + a noun element + the preposition “of”. For example: two thirds of

It is important to establish noun and verbal agreement when in a sentence the subject includes a partitive construction. There must be agreement between them si both elements have gender inflection and also with the verb.

How to differentiate the partitive noun from the partitive adjective?

Examples of partitive nouns

The following is a list of partitive constructions that could be the subject of a bimembre prayer and that include partitive nouns by way of example (highlighted in bold).

1. One sixth of course students ...
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2. Two-thirds of those who started the cooking course ...
3. A medium of the prisoners of our city ...
4. The third part of the countries of America ...
5. One tenth of what you have consumed in the restaurant ...
6. Three quarters of the planet ...
7. One third of the life…
8. Two thirds of the exam ...
9. Quarter from the Amazon jungle ...
10. Only the fourth part of our production in this period ...
11. Six sevenths of the production of that small country ...
12. One hundredth of next month's salary ...
13. The ten percent of the company's shares ...
14. The third part of the students of this career ...
15. The fourth part of the cake…
16. One eighth of the harvested ...
17. The three quarters parts of the teachers ...
18. The thirteen percent of next year's tax burden ...
19. One third of inheritance ...
20. Four hundredths second…
21. One millionth part of children born in Europe each year ...
22. Eighty-two hundredths of the ability to breathe ...
23. The half of the population of our municipality ...
24. The thirty percent of the collection ...
25. The most of the voters ...
26. The minority of viewers ...
27. A third of what was spent ...
28. Almost none of those registered ...
29. Each of the speakers ...
30. A great part of the refugees ...

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