Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
en qué % de las plantas aprox. se evidenció
English translation:
Approximately what percentage (%) of the plants showed evidence of colo(u)ration of the leaves?
Spanish term
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en qué % de las plantas aprox. se evidenció
Verde claro o verde oscuro…..
Amarillo o verde muy pálido….
Marrón o quemaduras….
¿en qué % de las plantas aprox. se evidenció coloración amarilla o verde muy pálido?: ……%
¿y marrón?:……..%
Gracias
Apr 26, 2020 13:20: philgoddard changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Apr 28, 2020 19:48: Taña Dalglish changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1103327">schmetterlich's</a> old entry - "en qué % de las plantas aprox. se evidenció"" to ""Approximately what percentage (%) of the plants showed evidence of colo(u)ration of the leaves?""
Non-PRO (3): Carol Gullidge, Rachel Fell, philgoddard
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Jamaica
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Native in: English (Variant: British)
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Approximately what percentage (%) of the plants showed evidence of colo(u)ration of the leaves?
a)¿El color registrado en las hojas de las plantas fue?:
I would run it all together as one rather than breaking it into two lines.
Approximately what percentage (%) of the plants showed evidence of colo(u)ration of the leaves?
Light green or dark green: __%
Yellow or very pale green: ---%
Brown or burnt ...: ---%
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coloration
/kʌləˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
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noun
1.
the appearance of something with regard to colour.
"some bacterial structures take on a purple coloration"
2.
the pervading character or tone of something.
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Thank you so much. Stay safe!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yes, evidence of coloration
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Thank you Yvonne. Hope you are holding up? What a stress!
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Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British)
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what approx. percentage of the plants showed signs of....
Make the % opener the subject to avoid a clumsy reflexive and legalistic 'evidential' or 'evidentiary' construction-
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liz askew
: showed, without "signs of"... and "the" should be left out.
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'Signs of' is to add stylistic balance and 'the' as the def. art., as used in other answers that, incidentally, have adopted my word order. is arguable.
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philgoddard
: You can even bring law into horticulture! :-)
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I actually eschewed your 'evidenced' ProZ answer in the weblink and once many years ago, coincidentally, took UK law finals inside the Royal Horticultural Halls at London SW1.
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Roughly what percentage of the plants was...(colour)
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Neil Ashby
: "plants were" coloured very pale green or yellow//Then the answer to your question would be "10% of the plants was yellow", so I think it should be "were". "percentage of the plants"=a number bigger than one, so it's treated like a plural? I guess.
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I had to rethink this. Surely the verb is singular?// Point taken. Another verb (appeared?) would have got round this. Percent” is used with both singular and plural verbs. It usually takes a plural verb when followed by “of” plus a plural noun.
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philgoddard
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Robert Carter
: Agree also that it should be "were". I think in general speech there's an ellipsis, i.e., "Roughly what [was the] percentage of the plants [that] were yellow?"
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Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
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