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[upthera44.livejournal.com]

Which is correct:

много людей думают, что...

много людей думает, что...

What is the rule when using много with verbs?

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[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not much into linguistic terms, but I have a good "feeling of the language", so excuse me for using wrong terms, but in my opinion the verb "думать" here is "attached" to a neutral "много", not to "людей". Thus the only way that is fine with me is "много людей думает". However, "многие люди думают" for in this sentence "думать" is "attached" то a plural "многие".