Timeline for Can I say "constitute/contribute the largest group"?
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| May 25, 2017 at 12:34 | comment | added | olegst | @Yulia Sorry, I overlooked, you are right. Anyway it doesn't convey the intended meaning as the OP put it. | |
| May 25, 2017 at 12:30 | comment | added | Yulia | @Olegst: Please see this en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/belong, 3.1. | |
| May 25, 2017 at 10:07 | history | edited | Yulia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 25, 2017 at 10:06 | comment | added | Yulia | @Olegst: Yes, I've corrected my answer; the meaning of "belong in" is 'be rightly assigned to a specified category'. | |
| May 25, 2017 at 9:53 | comment | added | olegst | belong to emphasizes that these people just were part of the group whereas in fact they defined the group, not just were part of it. | |
| May 25, 2017 at 9:50 | history | answered | Yulia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |