KAPLAN Examples 2005 ed

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2sun3: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 11; Joined: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:53 am

by 2sun3 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:30 am

Subject/Verb Agreement Drill.

What would be the sentence correction for the example below and do please give the explanation?

A majority of the voters want to unseat the incumbent.

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by raunekk » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:43 am

majority/minority usage depends on context

1)If used in part of totality- verb is plural

eg-The majority of the students in the class are hard working.

2)If used as"totality itself" - verb is singular.

eg-The student majority is opposed to death penalty.

So here, according to (1) it will be,

The majority of the voters want to unseat the incumbent.

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2sun3: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 11; Joined: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:53 am

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by 2sun3 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:11 pm

Thanks Raunekk

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by stubbornp » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:48 pm

So does it mean that we ll never use that term as 'A Majority'..

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