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La plupart des commentaires sont excellents.

La plupart des commentaires sont excellents.
Most of the comments are excellent.
From Lesson 268:Collective quantities (la plupart de)·French

Breakdown of La plupart des commentaires sont excellents.

être
to be
le commentaire
the comment
la plupart de
most of
excellent
excellent

Questions & Answers about La plupart des commentaires sont excellents.

Why do we use the plural verb sont if la plupart is a singular word?
This is a special rule for la plupart. Even though it literally means 'the majority' and looks singular, the verb agrees with the noun that follows it. Because commentaires is plural, the verb becomes plural (sont).
I thought phrases of quantity like beaucoup or un peu just take de. Why is it des commentaires here?
That is a great catch! While most quantity phrases use a plain de (like beaucoup de commentaires), la plupart is an exception. It requires the definite article (le, la, les) after de. Here, de + les combines to form des.
Does the adjective excellents agree with la plupart or with commentaires?
It agrees with commentaires. The word commentaire is masculine, so we use the masculine plural form excellents. If the noun were feminine, like les remarques (the remarks), it would be La plupart des remarques sont excellentes.
Do I need to pronounce the 't' in sont because the next word starts with a vowel?
Yes, you can! Making a liaison between sont and excellents (pronouncing the 't' so it sounds like 'son-texcellents') sounds very natural, though in casual spoken French it is sometimes dropped. Note that the 't' at the end of plupart is always silent.

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