Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Majority - English editing.

Strictly speaking, majority should be used with countable nouns to mean ‘the greater number’, as in the majority of cases. Using it with uncountable nouns to mean ‘the greatest part’, as in I spent the majority of the day reading, is not considered good written English by purists, although it is common in informal contexts. It is still a cliché, and the majority is best replaced by most.
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