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What is the difference of 'A majority of' and 'THE majority of'? A majority of the students... The majority of the students...
Mar 27, 2015 7:27 PM
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I would say that most native speakers use them interchangeably.
March 27, 2015
"a majority of the students" means a lot of students maybe 30 or 40% "the majority of the students" means more than 50% of the students. I hope that was useful.
March 27, 2015
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