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MAJORITY / VARIETY

by mmslf75 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:22 am
I am well versed will "The number and A Number " difference ...
However have query pertaining to VARIETY and MAJORITY type sentences..
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A wide variety of symtoms " has " / " have " been detected ?
Q2
Manhattan states that ...
The student majority is opposed to the new reform
A majority of people are coming tonight

But there is one more sentence out there.. but I fail to understand why SINGULAR verb is taken ??

A majority of commuters in the train READS and SINGS during the journey

Why to take READS and SINGS... cant we use READ and SING only.. ??
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by mmslf75 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:19 am
Anyone anybody ... pls help
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by rookiez » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:40 am
for the second one it will be "read and listen"

In constructions below follow the object of preposition of
A Majority of ...
A Variety of ...

Here commuters is plural and hence plural verb should be used.

This sentence is wrong in M-SC guid and this issue has been acknowledged by M-Staff
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