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Which is correct.
>Half of it is strawberries.
>Half of it are strawberries.
There is only one half (that I'm describing in the sentence), so I want to say "is" but since it's made up of more than one strawberry, it makes me think "are" is correct.
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>>9113770
Half is
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>>9113770
>half of it is made of strawberries
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AKSHUALLY
Both variations are acceptable in context. If I remember correctly, when it comes to divisions and percetanges, it depends on the plurality of the modified noun, in your case - 'it', which could be anything. Plural nouns take the plural copula, non-count nouns take singular, some take both
>Half of these cakes are strawberry ones
>Half of the harvest is strawberries
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>>9113892
>it
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>>9113770
Is, but you probably don't need that sentence; you can probably write, 'Half are strawberries.'
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>>9113770
>Half it be strawberries.
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>>9113892
'It' can't be anything. It certainly can't be 'these cakes'.
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>>9113910
Yar! This be right matey
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>>9113903
>The population of Earth is/are 7 billion people. Half of it are/is retards.
Happy?
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>>9113935
The first sentence is never, not even colloquially, are. (The object is a numeral adjective, not even a plural.) The second isn't either, but the mistake is understandable there.
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>>9113770
It's a dumb sentence in either way, i'd re-write from scratch.
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