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V-는 경향을 보이다 — showed a tendency to … — what the figures say a group leans towards, in reports and articles

Showed a tendency to … — what the figures say a group leans towards, in reports and articles. 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

V-는 경향을 보이다 says what a group of people generally did according to the results: 남성은 여성에 비해 마음을 말로 표현하지 않는 경향을 보였다 'men tended not to put their feelings into words, compared with women'. Verbs take -는 경향, adjectives -(으)ㄴ 경향: 고르는 경향, 만족도가 낮은 경향. It often goes with N에 비해 or -(으)ㄹ수록, and results are usually reported with 보였다. For one person's habit, use -(으)ㄴ/는 편이다: 저는 말을 짧게 하는 편이에요 — and for a group of only a dozen people, do not write 경향 at all.

Forms

PatternWhenExample
V-는 경향을 보이다동사고르다 → 고르는 경향을 보였다
A-(으)ㄴ 경향을 보이다형용사낮다 → 만족도가 낮은 경향을 보였다

Key points

Examples

Where university textbooks teach it

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

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