majority feel vs majority feels

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Majority feel' is used when referring to a group of people who collectively have a feeling or opinion. 'Majority feels' is used when referring to the majority as a singular entity with a single feeling or opinion.

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majority feel

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a group of people who collectively have a feeling or opinion.

This phrase is used when talking about the feelings or opinions of a group of people. 'Majority' in this context is treated as a plural noun.

Examples:

The majority feel that the decision was unfair.
The majority feel strongly about this issue.
A majority feel that changes are needed.
The majority feel happy with the outcome.
Most of the majority feel the same way.

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A clear majority of consumers feel uncertain of their position on the dance floor of trade.
The majority they hardly feel the fear, but to see them the special one is necessary, sensitive soul.
A considerable majority of MEPs feels that there will now be a balance between environmental concerns and the free movement of goods and services.
However, the large majority of us feel that we will vote tomorrow with the rapporteur and give a clear signal to the Commission and Council.
They can feel their majority wobbling and that's why they want to refer the report back.
It is therefore encouraging that a majority of EU citizens feel positive about agriculture and the CAP, as a representative poll clearly shows.
I think the majority of our congregation feels the same way and my responsibility is to them, not you.
However, a majority in Parliament therefore feels - and we have said this quite explicitly - that financial support for clean coal technology is absolutely indispensable to Europe's energy and climate change goals.
After all, Europe belongs to all of us, and the majority can only feel well if the minority feels well, too.
Nevertheless, the majority of Members feel that even to quote these figures in the report as an indication of the link between urban traffic and climate change is a step too far.
The Italians should know that a large majority of Flemish people feel nothing but embarrassment about these gentlemen, who wanted to act as universal moral knights, while they would be better off putting their own house in order.
On the subject of the Commission's composition, I would like to say that, in principle, the majority in my group feels a flexible solution is required.
A 2007 European survey indicates that the majority of EU citizens feel that public authorities have not done an adequate job of informing them on ways to protect themselves from EMFs.
The danger is that a majority in Parliament feels bound to support everything that the Commission it has elected wants to do - just as many of our national parliaments feel bound to support their executive, come what may.
For now, it suffices to point out that about half of the respondents were aware that economic policies are coordinated across the Member States, but the majority of them feel that the coordination does not receive enough attention.
Madam President, Mr President-in-Office, I believe that the majority of our colleagues feel that the European Council worked hard in Berlin.
I believe that it is all the more necessary since, while the majority of us feel great emotion and great compassion for our American friends, there are those who are saving their emotion and their compassion for the possible American reprisals.
Copts account for about 10 % of the Egyptian population; for years they have been expressing their discontent regarding the discrimination suffered at the hands of the Muslim majority, but feel they have never been heard.
We also feel that we should adopt a strengthening of majority cooperation rather than unanimity.

Alternatives:

most feel
the majority believe
the majority think
the majority are of the opinion
the majority are convinced

majority feels

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to the majority as a singular entity with a single feeling or opinion.

This phrase is used when treating 'majority' as a singular noun, indicating that the majority collectively has a single feeling or opinion.