Mark H Weaver (2015-08-04 00:01 +0300) wrote: > Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Steve Sprang (2015-08-02 23:44 +0300) wrote: >> >>> -The majority of graphical applications uses Fontconfig to locate and >>> +The majority of graphical applications use Fontconfig to locate and >> >> A bit late for the comment, but still. Is it really a typo? I think >> this phrase means "the majority uses" not "the applications use". > > Correct, but I think that "the majority of [countable plural set]" is a > plural noun phrase, and therefore "use" is appropriate here. I'm not a > linguist, but I am a native US english speaker.
OK, I believe you. I should have written that I'm not the native speaker. Sorry for the noise. -- Alex
