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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down13·8 天前Yes, anything over half is literally what “mostly” means. Doesn’t matter if it’s 99% or 51%.
minus-squareAlexLost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 天前That word is covering a lot of ground. Why would you let language be so ambiguous to you? What would you call 75%, and then how can you destinguish between the two if they are both “mostly”?
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·8 天前What the fuck is your problem? Words have meanings.
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 天前If your friend group is 6 men and 4 women, do you tell people “I’m mostly friends with men”?
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 天前Yes, they often have multiple meanings depending on context.
minus-squaresaltesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 天前“It’s been a big effort by the team these past three years, but we’re mostly done now.” sighs of relief across the research grant board “Boom! Right on time!”
Yes, anything over half is literally what “mostly” means. Doesn’t matter if it’s 99% or 51%.
That word is covering a lot of ground. Why would you let language be so ambiguous to you? What would you call 75%, and then how can you destinguish between the two if they are both “mostly”?
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What the fuck is your problem? Words have meanings.
If your friend group is 6 men and 4 women, do you tell people “I’m mostly friends with men”?
Yes, they often have multiple meanings depending on context.
“It’s been a big effort by the team these past three years, but we’re mostly done now.”
sighs of relief across the research grant board
“Boom! Right on time!”