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KAPLAN Examples 2005 ed

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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Thanks

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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