tom3m
Senior Member
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- Mar 6, 2011
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- English Teacher
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- Czech
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- Czech Republic
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- Czech Republic
I would like to know the appropriate form of the verb BE in sentences like this:
MAJORITY of people IS/ARE trying to survive.
According to my native language (Czech) MAJORITY is the subject and is a singular noun. Thus IS representing singular should be used.However, does the rule works in the same way in English.
MAJORITY of people IS/ARE trying to survive.
According to my native language (Czech) MAJORITY is the subject and is a singular noun. Thus IS representing singular should be used.However, does the rule works in the same way in English.