2023-07-20 11:07:25
Whosewhich indicates the number of people needed to approve something, is not synonymous with consentwhich means ‘agreement between all members of a group’.
Nevertheless, it is possible to find in the press examples such as the following: “There was a quorum that the tone of Thursday’s press conference was lethal”, “There is a quorum that it is an issue facing its voters”.
Among other more or less close senses, the quorum (o quorum) refers to the essential number of people so that the deliberating bodies can reach agreementsas he collects Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Legal Spanish. Therefore, it is not apropiate use this noun when you want to talk about several people (or society in general) have the same opinion about somethingwhich does not involve any deliberative body.
Thus, what is recommended to express that a idea is shared by a complete set of individuals is to choose consentwhich refers to the ‘agreement between all the members of a group or collectivity’, according to the student’s dictionaryor expressions like general agreement o unanimouswhich have a similar meaning.
For this reason, what was indicated in the examples would have been to write “There was a consensus that the tone of the press conference on Thursday was lethal”, “There is unanimous agreement that it is an issue that confronts their voters” and “It does seem that there is a consensus that the most orthodox stew has artichokes”.
See also
➤ whose o quorumno whose
➤ consent / agreement (consultation)
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