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Rule "majority (most, usually) when not voting"
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| Description: | majority (most, usually) when not voting |
| By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool because its category is not active by default | |
| Message: | Majority in the sense of "more than half" is used with countable nouns only (esp. when voting); for uncountable nouns, use most or usually. |
| Category: | Plain English |
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| ID: | MAJORITY [1] |
| Version: | 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-15 22:33:06 +0200) |