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The disappearance of darkness
Savageduck wrote:
On 2013-05-08 21:15:54 -0700, PeterN said: BTW by most standards, the word "most" has a very well understood and BASIC meaning. Yup! More than "some" less than "all". Much more fun is "almost all" and mathematicians. -Wolfgang |
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The disappearance of darkness
On 2013-05-13 12:26:51 -0700, Wolfgang Weisselberg
said: Savageduck wrote: On 2013-05-08 21:15:54 -0700, PeterN said: BTW by most standards, the word "most" has a very well understood and BASIC meaning. Yup! More than "some" less than "all". Much more fun is "almost all" and mathematicians. That could be translated as "all, except for that guy". -- Regards, Savageduck |
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The disappearance of darkness
Savageduck wrote:
On 2013-05-13 12:26:51 -0700, Wolfgang Weisselberg Savageduck wrote: On 2013-05-08 21:15:54 -0700, PeterN said: BTW by most standards, the word "most" has a very well understood and BASIC meaning. Yup! More than "some" less than "all". Much more fun is "almost all" and mathematicians. That could be translated as "all, except for that guy". In fact it's translated to have only a finite number of counter examples (while infinitely ones follow the rule). Every single human is still a very finite number. -Wolfgang |
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