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The majority to the news is about violence or scandal. vs The majority to the news are about violence or scandal.

The correct version is 'The majority of the news is about violence or scandal.' The subject is singular, so it should be followed by 'is' and not 'are.'
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Last updated: July 25, 2024

The majority to the news is about violence or scandal.

This phrase is incorrect. 'Majority' is singular and should be followed by 'is,' not 'to the news.'

The correct phrase is 'the majority of the news is about violence or scandal.'
  • I don't allow disease or scandal.
  • If the media are to inform citizens objectively about the work of the EU, they must focus on genuine work rather than titbits or scandals.
  • I have the majority to decide what I want.
  • We have called for the restoration of this constitutional order, in full, and urged all parties and institutions to refrain from violence or talks about violence and to strive to find a swift and peaceful solution.
  • He's the New Republic reporter who fabricated scandals.
  • I don't want to make a certain mistake of burying the News of the World scandal.
  • Sadly, the majority of the data provided is from the 'old Member States'; only a few references are made to the new Member States, and there is no reference at all to the 'would-be member/ candidate countries'.
  • I regret to have to say that the majority of concessions made to the new Member States related either to the report on the current Structural Funds Regulation or to the report on the Cohesion Fund.
  • The Commission's concern is not with the peaceful response of the majority to the cartoons.
  • We have entered dangerous ground when you use the majority to squash the views of a minority.
  • A few of them are irritating because they simply take up valuable time, but I have found the majority to be both informative and useful.
  • If the voters in other Member States are offered another referendum, though, I also expect the majority to reject this Constitution.
  • Letter to The New Scientist, at best.
  • This is about violence for violence's sake.
  • To exclude us will launch the new reign in a cloud of scandal.
  • The composition of the new European Research Council is quite simply nothing less than a scandal.
  • Obviously the news is getting out.
  • Only once the minority's amendments had been examined would it have been possible for the majority to introduce targeted changes to the budget proposals in their own amendments.
  • This document is yet another attempt by the majority to take over control at the cost of the minority.
  • It must be possible for the majority to fight for a majority view, and that is what I am doing.

Alternatives:

  • the majority of the news is about violence or scandal.

The majority to the news are about violence or scandal.

This phrase is incorrect. 'Majority' is singular and should be followed by 'is,' not 'are about violence or scandal.'

The correct phrase is 'the majority of the news is about violence or scandal.'
  • I don't allow disease or scandal.
  • If the media are to inform citizens objectively about the work of the EU, they must focus on genuine work rather than titbits or scandals.
  • What the next 48 hours are about is abandoning everything you knew or thought you could rely on and adjusting to the new reality.
  • What we are about is the development of the population, the rate of employment and, of course, labour markets adjusted to the new situation.
  • And at its current rate, the majority population of this country will no longer be white by 2043, when you guys are about 45 years old or so, in charge of the new America.
  • I have the majority to decide what I want.
  • We have called for the restoration of this constitutional order, in full, and urged all parties and institutions to refrain from violence or talks about violence and to strive to find a swift and peaceful solution.
  • I agree that collecting societies must adapt to the new situation, because they have arisen at national level and we are about to move on to a transnational, and even world, level.
  • He's the New Republic reporter who fabricated scandals.
  • I don't want to make a certain mistake of burying the News of the World scandal.
  • Sadly, the majority of the data provided is from the 'old Member States'; only a few references are made to the new Member States, and there is no reference at all to the 'would-be member/ candidate countries'.
  • I regret to have to say that the majority of concessions made to the new Member States related either to the report on the current Structural Funds Regulation or to the report on the Cohesion Fund.
  • The Commission's concern is not with the peaceful response of the majority to the cartoons.
  • We have entered dangerous ground when you use the majority to squash the views of a minority.
  • A few of them are irritating because they simply take up valuable time, but I have found the majority to be both informative and useful.
  • If the voters in other Member States are offered another referendum, though, I also expect the majority to reject this Constitution.
  • Letter to The New Scientist, at best.
  • To exclude us will launch the new reign in a cloud of scandal.
  • The composition of the new European Research Council is quite simply nothing less than a scandal.
  • Only once the minority's amendments had been examined would it have been possible for the majority to introduce targeted changes to the budget proposals in their own amendments.

Alternatives:

  • the majority of the news is about violence or scandal.

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