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According to a recent survey, majority of the people of Californiasupports recycling.
A majority of the people of California.
B a majority of the people of California.
C more than half of the people of California.
D more than half of the population of California.
E a majority of California's people
What's wrong with E?
I got this question from a review made by a professor teaching in a GMAT's course.
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A majority of the people of California.
B a majority of the people of California.
C more than half of the people of California.
D more than half of the population of California.
E a majority of California's people
What's wrong with E?
I got this question from a review made by a professor teaching in a GMAT's course.
Thank you in advance!
gmatmania17
hi gmatmania and whitehalo...
what is being checked in this question is singular/plural....
nonunderlined portion gives "supports", making the subject singular...
therefore we have to look for a singular subject.....
remember majority of .....noun.. will take verb depending on noun.... and here people is plural so "majority /a majority of people"
will take plural verb so E,A,B,C are out...
D changes people to population thus making the subject singular and correct..
hope it made sense..
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I got this one wrong. Picked B but I guess the correct structure should be 'a majority of the people in California.' ?
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chetan2u
Can you please help me with the question posted in the Cr's section regarding Ancient Greek?
Thank you
gmatmania17
hi gmatmania,
could you send the question ? i could see one question which is on aristotle poetics. is it the same?
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According to a recent survey, majority of the people of Californiasupports recycling.
A majority of the people of California.
Incorrect. the idiom "majority of" must have the same number of what comes next; therefore, it is plural.
B a majority of the people of California.
Incorrect. Same as A.
C more than half of the people of California.
Incorrect. More is a indefinite pronoun that must have the same number of what comes next; therefore, it is plural.
D more than half of the population of California.
Correct.
E a majority of California's people
Incorrect. Same as A.
A majority of the people of California.
Incorrect. the idiom "majority of" must have the same number of what comes next; therefore, it is plural.
B a majority of the people of California.
Incorrect. Same as A.
C more than half of the people of California.
Incorrect. More is a indefinite pronoun that must have the same number of what comes next; therefore, it is plural.
D more than half of the population of California.
Correct.
E a majority of California's people
Incorrect. Same as A.
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the verb is in singular, thus we need to make the subject singular. only D does that.
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chetan2u
I didn't get it. 'Majority' is a collective noun so why isn't the option with 'majority' correct? Also I'm confused between 'majority' and 'a majority of people'. What should be used 'is' or 'are'?
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