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A/V-다는 응답이 N에 달하다 · N은/는 N에 그치다 — reporting survey figures — 'reached as many as …' for a big share, 'stopped at only …' for a small one (one frame, two ends)

Reporting survey figures — 'reached as many as …' for a big share, 'stopped at only …' for a small one (one frame, two ends). Korean grammar for advanced learners — Level 5A, lesson 7: 설문과 데이터 (Surveys and data — reading a survey article and its chart, and what AI gets wrong about a survey).

What it means

In survey results, use N에 달하다 'to reach N' for a big figure and N에 그치다 'to stop at N' for a small one. 달했다 carries the feeling 'more than you'd think', 그쳤다 'less than you'd think' — and the same number can take either, depending on what you compare it with. What people answered goes before 응답 with -다는: 대화한다는 응답, 좋다는 응답, 「고맙다」는 응답. In conversation you would say 40%나 돼요 and 12%밖에 안 돼요; in articles and reports, 달했다 and 그쳤다.

Forms

PatternWhenExample
…-다는 응답이 N에 달하다많은 숫자40% → 40%에 달했다
N은/는 N에 그치다적은 숫자12% → 12%에 그쳤다
-다는 응답응답한 내용대화하다 → 대화한다는 응답

Key points

Examples

Where university textbooks teach it

This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 5A, lesson 8.

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