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majorité

French translation: Singulier ou pluriel

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:majorité
Selected answer:Singulier ou pluriel
Entered by: Nathalie Reis

13:07 Jun 10, 2007
French language (monolingual) [PRO]
Finance (general)
French term or phrase: majorité
la majorité des gens + singulier ou pluriel
Nathalie Reis
Local time: 07:00
Singulier ou pluriel
Explanation:
Suivi du singulier ou du pluriel ; tout dépend du sens de la phrase.

L'aspect " bloc " est-il plus important, ou bien l'accent est-il mis sur la pluralité de ses membres?

Cf. Robert des difficultés du français e touvrages similaires.
Selected response from:

PFB (X)
Local time: 08:00
Grading comment
Merci Philippe
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3Singulier ou pluriel
PFB (X)
4 +1plus singulier
Michael Hesselnberg (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
plus singulier


Explanation:
majorité est au singulier

Michael Hesselnberg (X)
Local time: 08:00
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Iela
3 mins
  -> grazie
agree  Sophie Raimondo: On voit plus souvent le singulier... Mais je suis d'accord aussi avec la réponse de Philippe.
5 hrs
disagree  BusterK: cf. la réponse de Philippe
22 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Singulier ou pluriel


Explanation:
Suivi du singulier ou du pluriel ; tout dépend du sens de la phrase.

L'aspect " bloc " est-il plus important, ou bien l'accent est-il mis sur la pluralité de ses membres?

Cf. Robert des difficultés du français e touvrages similaires.

PFB (X)
Local time: 08:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci Philippe

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Virginie Ebongué
5 hrs
agree  Sophie Raimondo
5 hrs
agree  BusterK: http://www.academie-francaise.fr/langue/questions.html#plusi...
22 hrs
  -> merci de la réf., BusterK, je n'avais pas le temps hier, c'est pourquoi je n'ai mentionné que les titres que j'ai consultés.
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