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Abil Posted 18 years ago
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exceeded the expectation?

About ten thousand people took part in the protest march.
About ten thousand people participated in the protest march.
About ten thousand people attended the protest march.

Which one is more common?

And in this context, can I say that:
The participation has well exceeded the expectation of the organizers. (I mean more people have participated in the protest march than the organizers expected; but I am not satisfied with this sentence. Will anyone please add something to it?) Thanks in advance.
  

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Abil Which one is more common? I don't have a scientific answer for you, but I'd guess that the least common is attended. The other two seem the same to me.

— CalifJim

  • Abil Which one is more common?
  • I don't have a scientific answer for you, but I'd guess that the least common is attended.
  • The other two seem the same to me.
  • Abil The participation has well exceeded the expectation of the organizers.
  • I would have left out the first the .
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AbilWhich one is more common?
I don't have a scientific answer for you, but I'd guess that the least common is attended. The other two seem the same to me.
AbilThe participation has well exceeded the expectation of the organizers.
I would have left out the first the. Other than that I don't see that any ch
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Thanks a lot, CJ.
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This is research which you should do by yourself. Go to:
http://books.google.com/books
and search for:
"took part in the protest march"
"participated in the protest march"
"attended the protest march"
(quotation marks are important)
and you'll see relative fr
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