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Railway commuters

by vikram_k51 » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:16 pm
A majority of railway commuters reads or listening to music while traveling.
reads or listening
read or listening
read or listens
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Re: Railway commuters

by tohellandback » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:18 pm
vikram_k51 wrote:A majority of railway commuters reads or listening to music while traveling.
reads or listening
read or listening
read or listens
read or listen
reads or listens
IMO E
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by gmatv09 » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:31 pm
IMO D
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by winsome_vagabond » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:37 pm
IMO - D

majority is plural
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by acenikk » Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:52 am
I will go with D.

"A majority" is plural, while "The majority" is singular.
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by vikram_k51 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:59 am
OA states otherwise,

Should be D
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by pandeyvineet24 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:28 am
I think the answer should be D.
i came across the following text in the forum

With words that indicate portions? percent, fraction, part, majority, some, all, none, remainder, and so forth ? look at the noun in your of phrase (object of the preposition) to determine whether to use a singular or plural verb.

If the object of the preposition is singular, use a singular verb. If the object of the preposition is plural, use a plural verb.

Please post the OA.
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by riteshbindal » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:43 am
E IMO. OA plz
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Re: Railway commuters

by shahdevine » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:45 am
vikram_k51 wrote:A majority of railway commuters reads or listening to music while traveling.
reads or listening
read or listening
read or listens
read or listen
reads or listens
d...majority takes plural.

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by mehravikas » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:23 pm
IMO - D
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by Shawshank » Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:56 am
IMO - D
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