http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3232.18851)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Majority/gzqcp/post.htm#530364Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:42:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:530364Clive0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Majority/gzqcp/post.htm#530364http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-530364.xmlHi,<br /><span style="COLOR:#0060bf;">I think I asked this a long time ago and Nona answered something like this.<br /><br />a majority of discussion -- (to indicate) specific<br />the majority of discussion -- (to indicate) conceptual<br /><br />Can you tell me about these more?</span>&nbsp;Off-hand, I just see these as indefinite and definite <em>(a chair/the chair, a group of people/the group of people).</em> So, I&#39;d better let Nona explain what she had in mind. <br /><br />In what&nbsp;context would you want to use this expression without the article &#39;the&#39;&nbsp;before the word &#39;discussion&#39;?<br /><br />Anyway, let me add this extra comment.<br />Some people argue that &#39;majority&#39; should only be used with countable nouns, and prefer <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">&#39;most of</span> the discussion&#39;.<br /><br />However, many people do say things like &#39;a/the majority of the discussion&#39;, &#39;a/the majority of the work&#39;, etc. <br /><br />Best wishes, Clive<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Majority/gzqck/post.htmFri, 20 Jun 2008 23:15:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:530359Believer1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Majority/gzqck/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-530359.xmlHi,<br />I think I asked this a long time ago and Nona answered something like this.<br /><br />a majority of discussion -- (to indicate) specific<br />the majority of discussion -- (to indicate) conceptual<br /><br />Can you tell me about these more?&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>