Breakdown of La media complessiva dei risultati è molto alta.
essere
to be
molto
very
alto
tall / high
di
of, from
il risultato
the result
la media
the average
complessivo
overall / total
Questions & Answers about La media complessiva dei risultati è molto alta.
Why is the verb singular (è) when this lesson teaches plural agreement for phrases like 'a percentage of the results'?
The lesson focuses on 'concordanza a senso' (agreement by meaning), which allows plural verbs after percentages (il 30%) or fractions (una parte). However, la media (the average) acts differently. It represents a single, unified mathematical value rather than a group of items. Therefore, it strictly requires singular grammatical agreement (è, alta) even when followed by the plural dei risultati.
Why is the adjective alta feminine singular instead of plural to match risultati?
Could I use totale instead of complessiva here?
You could, but complessiva is much more natural in this context. While totale means 'total', complessiva translates closer to 'overall' or 'comprehensive'. It emphasizes that all the different results have been gathered and considered together to form this single average.
Why is it dei risultati and not just di risultati?
We use the articulated preposition dei (which is di + i) because we are referring to the specific results of a particular test or study. If you used di risultati, it would sound like a general, undefined category, which doesn't make sense when calculating a specific average.
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