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was or were?

Hi all!

I'm preparing a publication in English and I have a problem with the verb.
Here is a sample sentence (not the original one)

1) "Half of the cats were black"  this is what I had in my 1st version - the
proof reader has not corrected it
2) "Half of the cats was black" my grammar knowledge is telling me that if
"half" is the subject, I need a singular verb, i.e. "was", but somehow
the
first sentence sounds much better to me.

Can anybody help?
Many thanks,
Anna

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