Thursday, June 16, 2011

The difference between 'kebanyakan orang' and 'orang kebanyakan'

In this post, I would like to discuss the difference between 'kebanyakan orang' and 'orang kebanyakan'.

The phrase 'kebanyakan orang' means 'most people'. Let us make a sentence with it as shown below:
Kebanyakan orang tidak akan membeli baju semahal ini.
Most people will not buy a shirt as expensive as this.

As 'orang kebanyakan' it means 'commoners' as opposed to members of the royal family.
Pada zaman dahulu, orang kebanyakan tidak dibenarkan berkahwin dengan kerabat diraja.
In olden time, commoners were not allowed to marry members of the royal family.

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