A majority of railway commuters reads or listens to music while travelling
A majority of railway commuters read or listen to music while travelling
Which one is correct among two
Also,
Planting all these seeds is more involved than I thought
planting all these seed are more involved than I thought
which one is correct and why?
Can someone help me with these two sentences
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Not sure about the first, but with the second sentence, the first one is correct. When a gerund is the subject of a sentence it is almost always singular.
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I think with the first sentence the answer is B. I think with collective nouns that represent a part whole relationship, the verb depends on whether what follows majority, minority, etc is singular or plural.
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i think in both questions...option A is better. In first one, the sentence talks about the majority--a group-- rather than individuals.
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I think in the 'majority' example, the 2nd is correct, because it uses the term 'a majority'. My reasoning is that it can be treated similar to the rules for 'number' (i.e. A number of people ARE... the number of people IS).
With respect to the 2nd example, you use a singular noun with gerunds (as stated above)
With respect to the 2nd example, you use a singular noun with gerunds (as stated above)
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A majority of students : is a quantatative modifierMTariq wrote:A majority of railway commuters reads or listens to music while travelling
A majority of railway commuters read or listen to music while travelling
Which one is correct among two
Also,
Planting all these seeds is more involved than I thought
planting all these seed are more involved than I thought
which one is correct and why?
hance it will take tha verb according to the noun modifying it . Here the noun railway commuters is close to verb . Hence are is perfect
However if it had been:
The students majority then is fine . as here majority is close to the verb
The second case
Planting all these seeds is more involved than I though
Planting is the subject of the verb . What is more involved than I thought ? Planting
Hence is the correct form of verb
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MTariq wrote:Thank you everyone!!
Here is another one
I dont understand why me and Bob always have to take out the garbage
Correct: I is the subject and "me and Bob "are objects
I dont understand why I and Bob always have to take out the garbage.
Which one is right and why
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I dont understand why me and Bob always have to take out the garbage
I dont understand why I and Bob always have to take out the garbage.
Concept being tested in that of Pronoun case.
In the sentence Me/I and Bob is the subject. I is a subject pronoun while me is a object pronoun. So I is the better option.
Rephrase the sentence
The garbage has to be taken out by me and Bob, I don't understand why.
Here I is wrong.
Going back to the previous two posts , I did not see the OA.
Planting all these seeds is more involved than I thought
planting all these seed are more involved than I thought
Can I substitute involved with taxing? then it is clearly is not are. The rule about gerund is also imp.
I dont understand why I and Bob always have to take out the garbage.
Concept being tested in that of Pronoun case.
In the sentence Me/I and Bob is the subject. I is a subject pronoun while me is a object pronoun. So I is the better option.
Rephrase the sentence
The garbage has to be taken out by me and Bob, I don't understand why.
Here I is wrong.
Going back to the previous two posts , I did not see the OA.
Planting all these seeds is more involved than I thought
planting all these seed are more involved than I thought
Can I substitute involved with taxing? then it is clearly is not are. The rule about gerund is also imp.