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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
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The majority vs A majority; What's the difference?
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By the 1920s, a majority/ the majority of children in the United States were no longer living in extended families.
What's the difference?
By the 1920s, a majority/ the majority of children in the United States were no longer living in extended families.
What's the difference?
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Persian LearnerWhat's the difference?It doesn't matter much which word you put after "a" or "the". The difference between "a" and "the" is the same.
a majority of children is an indefinite noun phrase; the majority of children is a definite noun phrase. The distinction between indefinite and definite is not significant in this example, 'ma
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