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Old May 13th 13, 08:26 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Wolfgang Weisselberg
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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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Old May 14th 13, 03:35 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Savageduck[_3_]
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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".

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Regards,

Savageduck

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Old May 15th 13, 07:10 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Wolfgang Weisselberg
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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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