Breakdown of Puesto que el foro es gratuito, la mayoría de las personas lo usan.
ser
to be
de
from / of
las
the (feminine plural)
usar
to use / to wear
la persona
person
lo
it / him (direct object)
puesto que
since / given that
la mayoría
the majority
el foro
the forum
gratuito
free
Questions & Answers about Puesto que el foro es gratuito, la mayoría de las personas lo usan.
Why is the plural verb usan used here when the subject starts with the singular phrase la mayoría?
This is an example of agreement by meaning (concordancia ad sensum). When you have a collective phrase like la mayoría de (the majority of) followed by a plural noun like las personas (the people), Spanish allows you to conjugate the verb in either the singular (usa, agreeing with the singular word mayoría) or the plural (usan, agreeing with the plural word personas). Using the plural form is generally much more common in everyday speech.
What exactly does puesto que mean, and could I just use porque?
Why does the sentence use gratuito instead of libre for "free"?
In Spanish, gratuito (or gratis) specifically means "free of charge" (it costs zero money). Libre means "free" in the sense of liberty, availability, or lack of restrictions, such as having free time (tiempo libre) or being a free country. Since using the forum costs no money, gratuito is the right word here.
What is the word lo doing in the phrase lo usan?
Lo is a direct object pronoun that translates to "it." It refers back to el foro (the forum), which is a masculine singular noun. As with most object pronouns in Spanish, it is placed directly before the conjugated verb (usan).
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