La plupart des militants dénoncent le réchauffement climatique.

Questions & Answers about La plupart des militants dénoncent le réchauffement climatique.

This sentence doesn't use le fait que. How would we change it to say 'The fact that most activists denounce global warming is important'?
We would start with Le fait que, then add our sentence, but the verb dénoncent must be in the subjunctive. Since dénoncer is a regular -er verb, the third-person plural subjunctive looks exactly the same as the present indicative: Le fait que la plupart des militants dénoncent le réchauffement climatique est important.
Why is the verb dénoncent in the plural form when La plupart is grammatically singular?
With the phrase la plupart des (most of the), the verb always agrees with the noun that follows it. Since militants is plural, the verb takes the plural form dénoncent. If it were a singular uncountable noun, like in la plupart du temps (most of the time), the verb would be singular.
Why do we use the adjective climatique for 'global warming' instead of a word for 'global'?
In French, le réchauffement climatique literally translates to 'climatic warming'. While you might occasionally hear le réchauffement de la planète, le réchauffement climatique is the standard, everyday term used to express global warming.
Does militants mean 'military' here?
No, un militant is a false friend. It means an 'activist' or 'campaigner' for a political, social, or environmental cause. The French word for military personnel is les militaires.

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