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Contraposition Posted 12 years ago
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the majority of the world's population

Is 'the majority of the world's population' followed by a plural verb or a singular verb?
  

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In AmE singular, because you are speaking about them as one whole group.

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  • In AmE singular, because you are speaking about them as one whole group.
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In AmE singular, because you are speaking about them as one whole group.
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contraposition Is 'the majority of the world's population' followed by a plural verb or a singular verb?
There isn't a single plural word in that group of words, so a plural verb seems very unlikely to me.

The majority is ...
The world is ...
The population is ...

Still, British speakers may make "notional agreeme
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