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  1. December 1st, 2006, 07:56 PM #1
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    большинство

    What is the difference between “больше всего” and “большинство” in these? Why does больше всего sound better?

    В ночном клубе было очень шумно, и казалось, что больше всего шума исходило от одного стола.

    В ночном клубе было очень шумно, и казалось, что большинство шума исходило от одного стола.
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    Re: большинство

    Quote Originally Posted by DDT
    What is the difference between “больше всего” and “большинство” in these? Why does больше всего sound better?

    В ночном клубе было очень шумно, и казалось, что больше всего шума исходило от одного стола.

    В ночном клубе было очень шумно, и казалось, что большинство шума исходило от одного стола.
    1 is correct

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    В ночном клубе было очень шумно, но казалось, что весь шум исходит от одного/одного-единственного стола.
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  3. December 1st, 2006, 09:44 PM #3
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    Re: большинство

    Quote Originally Posted by DDT
    Why does больше всего sound better?
    I'd say that "большинство" doesn't like uncountable nouns very much. It's not a strict rule though.
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  4. December 2nd, 2006, 08:16 AM #4
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    Yes, uncountable nouns can't stand "большинство".
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  5. December 2nd, 2006, 04:08 PM #5
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    At the nightclub it was extremely noisy, and it seemed more often than not, the noise came from one table. vs. At the nightclub it was extremely noisy, and it seemed that the majority of the noise came from one table. The correct Russian variant sounds better in English, too.
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  6. December 2nd, 2006, 05:55 PM #6
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    I would say, "большая часть шума"
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  7. December 2nd, 2006, 06:25 PM #7
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    I would say "больше всего шума". And I wouldn't say "большая часть шума".
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.
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  8. December 2nd, 2006, 06:56 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    I would say "больше всего шума". And I wouldn't say "большая часть шума".
    "Больше всего шума" - хорошо в тексте такого рода. Мне нравится .
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