majority + have or has

0 Hi,02br
00I'm almost completely sure it's 01i00"The majority of people 01b00are/have...02b00," 02i00plural.01i00 02i00I bet everything on "plural", let's wait for a native speaker to see if I win and what I win. 050010id1

0 The 01font00majority02font00 of people 01font00has02font00 said that... 0-

0 01i00a majority of, the majority of, a number of, a lot of, the rest of02i00 are all 'number transparent'.02br
00 Agreement is with the complement, not the head.02br
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01i00The majority of 01u00people have02u00 said ...02i02br
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00 CJ0-

0 But is it correct to say the majority of people has said... as someone above has already suggested ?0-

0Thanks CJ, 02br
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00I forgot about the "transparency"...05000 I shall remember that.02br
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00I also found this article...02br
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01font00“Majority” is one of those words that can be either singular or plural. Common sense works pretty well in deciding which. If you mean the word to describe a co

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01cite10CalifJim12cite11i10a majority of, the majority of, a number of, a lot of, the rest of12i10 are all 'number transparent'.12br
10 Agreement is with the complement, not the head.12blockquote

10Where is the term: 'number transparent' documented? I've done a google search and can fin

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00Where is the term: 'number transparent' documented?12blockquote

10I only know the term from 01i00Introduction to the Grammar of English02i00 by Rodney Huddleston (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics). I find it a very useful term, although I don't know how enthusiastically it has been taken up by other scholars in

0 Ah, before I forget...02br
00I don't know if it's better to start a new thread, but since we are talking about this "transparency"... is "a range of" number transparent as well?02br
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00There are a wide range of services.... ?02br
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00Thanks 050010id1

0 No. 01i00a range of02i00 is "normal" (not number transparent) in my variety of English.02br
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01i00A wide 01u00range02u00 of services01u00 is02u00 available for the convenience of ...02i02br
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00 CJ0-

0 Uh! Interesting. My dictionary gives this example:02br
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01i01b00A fairly narrow range of people are responsible for key decisions.02b02i02br
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00What's your opinion? Thanks again 050010id1