The Firing of Juan Williams From NPR

glatt · 10-21-2010, 03:41 PM

I don't think it either, but "many people" is a meaningless phrase. "Many people" starts with an "m" like "most people" but it doesn't mean "most people" at all. "Most" means "greater than 50%." It has a mathematical definition. "Many" is arbitrary and could mean anything. Anywhere from oh, 4 people, to 5 billion people.

Shawnee123 · 10-21-2010, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I don't think it either, but "many people" is a meaningless phrase. "Many people" starts with an "m" like "most people" but it doesn't mean "most people" at all. "Most" means "greater than 50%." It has a mathematical definition. "Many" is arbitrary and could mean anything. Anywhere from oh, 4 people, to 5 billion people.

Anything could mean one thing or two things or many things or most things or all things. Anywhere could mean one where or two wheres or many wheres or most wheres or all wheres.

classicman · 10-21-2010, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

"many people" is a meaningless phrase.

I intentionally said many to leave it arbitrary. I would guess that it is a lot more than you want to believe.

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10-21-2010, 03:41 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I don't think it either, but "many people" is a meaningless phrase. "Many people" starts with an "m" like "most people" but it doesn't mean "most people" at all. "Most" means "greater than 50%." It has a mathematical definition. "Many" is arbitrary and could mean anything. Anywhere from oh, 4 people, to 5 billion people.

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