2022年9月29日 · The majority of cars on the street are white. The plural is used because "most" means the a countable number of cars, all of which are white. The majority of cars run on gasoline. The plural is used because "most" indicates a countable number of cars. And here are some valid examples of using the singular: The majority of the pie is burnt.

2020年9月20日 · The majority of the employees have university degrees. A large majority of people approve of the death sentence. The majority of young professionals in the capital have moved there from provincial towns. In the past, the majority of women were consigned to a lifetime of servitude and poverty. But the following example is also given:

The majority of the students are expected to vote in the class election. This sentence seemed not very natural to me, but it is probably okay. It uses the definite article before "majority of the students", as if referring to a known group. But in reality it likely refers to the concept of majority (superiority in numbers).

2019年3月29日 · In 1000 people, 501 are a majority, but only by two people. (We can call this a "slim majority".) 600 or 700 people is a greater majority. 999 is a huge majority. There is no rule for exactly what percentage makes a "great" or "vast" majority. It will depend on context.

2022年9月29日 · Traditionally, 'majority' is only used with countable nouns (cars, people etc), whereas you could use 'most' for non-countable nouns (eg "most of the water spilt"). However, like the historic difference between 'fewer' and 'less', the rules are not always strictly obeyed in everyday speech and even in less formal written English.

2022年9月29日 · The majority as a whole cannot have "a mustache". Each individual does or does not have a mustache. So "The" or "A" majority of men do not have a mustache. Or "The" or "A" majority of men do not have mustaches. One would use the singular only when talking about the majority itself rather than the members of that majority.

2015年11月21日 · The ODO says: "Strictly speaking, majority should be used with countable nouns to mean ‘the greater number’, as in the majority of cases. Use with uncountable nouns to mean ‘the greatest part’, as in I spent the majority of the day reading, is not considered good standard English, although it is common in informal contexts." [Emphasis ...

2023年12月5日 · The majority is defined as "a number or percentage equaling more than half of a total".. In elections the word plurality is used for the largest number of votes even if it's less than 50%: "a number of votes cast for a candidate in a contest of more than two candidates that is greater than the number cast for any other candidate but not more than half the total votes cast".

2022年10月6日 · The majority of students in the class are between 30 and 35. What about the second pie chart? In the second pie chart the largest portion is less than 50%. Can I still consider the group "c" as majority in it? Based on the Cambridge Dictionary it seems ambiguous:(1) the larger number or part of something, (2) more than half of a total number or ...

2022年2月26日 · The word "majority" is modifying the word "Ukrainian". The word "Ukrainian" here would seem to pass the tests for being an adjective (Eg you could modify it for degree - How Ukrainian was Donbas? It was quite Ukrainian. It was more Ukrainian than Sussex.) An adverb is a catchall category that includes modifiers of verbs, adjectives and adverbs.