colective nouns: agreement

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Russian Grammar: Collective Nouns and the Distributive Singular In Russian, deciding whether to use a singular or plural verb with collective...

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Did you see that most students arrived late?

Ты видел, что большинство студентов опоздали?

Ty videl, chto bolshinstvo studentov opozdali?

Yes, most was already in the classroom when I arrived.

Да, большинство уже было в аудитории, когда я пришёл.

Da, bolshinstvo uzhe bylo v auditorii, kogda ya prishyol.

I have made a number of mistakes in the report.

Я допустил ряд ошибок в отчёте.

Ya dopustil ryad oshibok v otchyote.

Do not worry, we will correct them together.

Не волнуйся, мы исправим их вместе.

Ne volnuysya, my ispravim ikh vmeste.

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