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| "A major fraction" is good English." To my surprise I saw that most of the voters considered it bad English. I wouldn't say that I hear that expression every day but I hear it often enough. Even a Google search returned massif results: Resultaten 1 - 10 van circa 3.790.000 voor a major fraction Can someone please explain why it is considered bad English? |
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When you do a Google search for a phrase, remember to put it in quotations marks. You ended up with all the pages that had either word on it anywhere on the page. |
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| There may also have been some respondent bias as the words were Mr Rumsfeld's, though I put it up because it sounded weird to me. |
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| Is it you who put all these tests, quisses and trivia online Tdol? Of great value for us but an enormous job for you, if you ask me. Also, when I see the amount of questions flowing in and how little time elapses before they get answered, I become dazzled. Great job you guys are doing here! |
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| Fortunately, we now have a lot of people answering in the forum and coming from different time zones, which means that there is normally someone in who can answer things. |
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| Even though most reply in the evening. |
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| It's not bad English at all. May I suggest that those who think it is are simply unfamiliar with it use? Here is an example that I came across on Google: As used in Sections 180.63 and 180.64A of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, "a major fraction thereof" means any amount greater than one-half (1/2). It seems pretty clear to me that "major" should be understood in the context of "majority"; i.e. a "major fraction" means more than 50%. |
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