One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:28 pm
How many of you agrees that the great majority is most,acc to me it doesnt have to be most but it can be a great number ,so please elaborate on that each of you.
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Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:34 pm
lol wut
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:36 pm
wutnatashka85 wrote:How many of you agrees that the great majority is most,acc to me it doesnt have to be most but it can be a great number ,so please elaborate on that each of you.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:41 pm
There is no debate on this. Majority is > Half, or "Most".natashka85 wrote:How many of you agrees that the great majority is most,acc to me it doesnt have to be most but it can be a great number ,so please elaborate on that each of you.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:42 pm
Majority can be majority number but that doesnt have to be most .lolmrizza wrote:There is no debate on this. Majority is > Half, or "Most".natashka85 wrote:How many of you agrees that the great majority is most,acc to me it doesnt have to be most but it can be a great number ,so please elaborate on that each of you.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:02 pm
Define each for us and you'll get better answers.natashka85 wrote:Majority can be majority number but that doesnt have to be most .lolmrizza wrote:There is no debate on this. Majority is > Half, or "Most".natashka85 wrote:How many of you agrees that the great majority is most,acc to me it doesnt have to be most but it can be a great number ,so please elaborate on that each of you.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:02 pm
wutnatashka85 wrote:Majority can be majority number but that doesnt have to be most .lolmrizza wrote:There is no debate on this. Majority is > Half, or "Most".natashka85 wrote:How many of you agrees that the great majority is most,acc to me it doesnt have to be most but it can be a great number ,so please elaborate on that each of you.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:11 pm
Are you saying most is something between more than half and all, lol? Is this a fucking new year's riddle?natashka85 wrote:Majority can be majority number but that doesnt have to be most .lol
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:15 pm
Nope.natashka85 wrote:Majority can be majority number but that doesnt have to be most .lolmrizza wrote:There is no debate on this. Majority is > Half, or "Most".natashka85 wrote:How many of you agrees that the great majority is most,acc to me it doesnt have to be most but it can be a great number ,so please elaborate on that each of you.
The definition of majority is more than half.
Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
Therefore majority is always most, but most is not always majority
But I think you should focus less on the LSAT and more on your mastery of the English language
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:17 pm
All of this is credited.dingbat wrote:Nope.
The definition of majority is more than half.
Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
Therefore majority is always most, but most is not always majority
But I think you should focus less on the LSAT and more on your mastery of the English language
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:24 pm
Care to elaborate?dingbat wrote: Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
You have three ice cream flavors--Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry--and ten people.
4 people like Vanilla
3 people like Chocolate
3 people like Strawberry
"Of the group of ten, most people like Vanilla" is ambiguous.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:31 pm
http://english.stackexchange.com/questi ... ajority-of
"I suppose there are three or more possible interpretations for most in these sentences.
A) a plurality (at least one more than any other alternative)
B) a majority (more than half, even if barely more)
C) a comfortable majority (well more than half)"
"This topic has been covered at Language Log (see here and here). In summary, people tend to use "most" to mean anything over 50%; some people feel it should only be used in sense C (a comfortable majority), but it is also used in sense A (a plurality). The context might make it clear which meaning is intended, or else it might simply be ambiguous."
"I suppose there are three or more possible interpretations for most in these sentences.
A) a plurality (at least one more than any other alternative)
B) a majority (more than half, even if barely more)
C) a comfortable majority (well more than half)"
"This topic has been covered at Language Log (see here and here). In summary, people tend to use "most" to mean anything over 50%; some people feel it should only be used in sense C (a comfortable majority), but it is also used in sense A (a plurality). The context might make it clear which meaning is intended, or else it might simply be ambiguous."
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:32 pm
You should read that as vanilla got the most likes.TERS wrote:Care to elaborate?dingbat wrote: Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
You have three ice cream flavors--Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry--and ten people.
4 people like Vanilla
3 people like Chocolate
3 people like Strawberry
"Of the group of ten, most people like Vanilla" is ambiguous.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:33 pm
A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:Are you saying most is something between more than half and all, lol? Is this a fucking new year's riddle?natashka85 wrote:Majority can be majority number but that doesnt have to be most .lol
OP: You can probably illustrate your point/argument better by way of an example so that there's context for us to more clearly evaluate your claim.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:33 pm
Most is > half on the LSAT. In every day language people might say most like vanilla, but not on the LSAT.TERS wrote:Care to elaborate?dingbat wrote: Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
You have three ice cream flavors--Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry--and ten people.
4 people like Vanilla
3 people like Chocolate
3 people like Strawberry
"Of the group of ten, most people like Vanilla" is ambiguous.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:36 pm
+1. People might use most to mean a plurality, but you should be able to easily tell from the context.mrizza wrote:Most is > half on the LSAT. In every day language people might say most like vanilla, but not on the LSAT.TERS wrote:Care to elaborate?dingbat wrote: Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
You have three ice cream flavors--Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry--and ten people.
4 people like Vanilla
3 people like Chocolate
3 people like Strawberry
"Of the group of ten, most people like Vanilla" is ambiguous.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:37 pm
Trust me i think u should sharpen your critical reasoning skills,great majority number can be 500000 but it doesnt have to be most of that.dingbat wrote:Nope.natashka85 wrote:Majority can be majority number but that doesnt have to be most .lolmrizza wrote:There is no debate on this. Majority is > Half, or "Most".natashka85 wrote:How many of you agrees that the great majority is most,acc to me it doesnt have to be most but it can be a great number ,so please elaborate on that each of you.
The definition of majority is more than half.
Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
Therefore majority is always most, but most is not always majority
But I think you should focus less on the LSAT and more on your mastery of the English language
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:38 pm
Most here just means greatest, so you could say vanilla had the most votes and clarify that it wasn't tied with any other if we weren't looking at the answers.mrizza wrote:Most is > half on the LSAT. In every day language people might say most like vanilla, but not on the LSAT.TERS wrote:Care to elaborate?dingbat wrote: Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
You have three ice cream flavors--Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry--and ten people.
4 people like Vanilla
3 people like Chocolate
3 people like Strawberry
"Of the group of ten, most people like Vanilla" is ambiguous.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:39 pm
I like your example ,i posted here cause i came across that problem in test 49 ,your example is pretty close.A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:You should read that as vanilla got the most likes.TERS wrote:Care to elaborate?dingbat wrote: Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
You have three ice cream flavors--Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry--and ten people.
4 people like Vanilla
3 people like Chocolate
3 people like Strawberry
"Of the group of ten, most people like Vanilla" is ambiguous.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:41 pm
Say what? Seriously, what are you saying?natashka85 wrote:Trust me i think u should sharpen your critical reasoning skills,great majority number can be 500000 but it doesnt have to be most of that.dingbat wrote:Nope.natashka85 wrote: Majority can be majority number but that doesnt have to be most .lol
The definition of majority is more than half.
Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
Therefore majority is always most, but most is not always majority
But I think you should focus less on the LSAT and more on your mastery of the English language
The definition of majority is that it is more than half. The definition of most is more than any other option. If a "majority" is 500,000, then the total pool cannot be greater than 999,999. No other option can have more than 499,999, meaning that the 500,000 represents the most.
If the 500,000 represents a "great majority", then the pool is significantly smaller than 999,999.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:41 pm
If it just said vanilla had the greatest number with four and didn't say how many went to the other two, you would also have to consider the possibility of a tie.natashka85 wrote:I like your example ,i posted here cause i came across that problem in test 49 ,your example is pretty close.A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:You should read that as vanilla got the most likes.TERS wrote:Care to elaborate?dingbat wrote: Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
You have three ice cream flavors--Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry--and ten people.
4 people like Vanilla
3 people like Chocolate
3 people like Strawberry
"Of the group of ten, most people like Vanilla" is ambiguous.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:42 pm
A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:i was referring the great majority of sth ,to be more specific.mrizza wrote:Most is > half on the LSAT. In every day language people might say most like vanilla, but not on the LSAT.TERS wrote:Care to elaborate?dingbat wrote: Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
You have three ice cream flavors--Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry--and ten people.
4 people like Vanilla
3 people like Chocolate
3 people like Strawberry
"Of the group of ten, most people like Vanilla" is ambiguous.
Most here just means greatest, so you could say vanilla had the most votes and clarify that it wasn't tied with any other if we weren't looking at the answers.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:45 pm
Its a great majority number but we don`t know 500 000 of what?it could be 1000 000 or 600 000 .dingbat wrote:Say what? Seriously, what are you saying?natashka85 wrote:Trust me i think u should sharpen your critical reasoning skills,great majority number can be 500000 but it doesnt have to be most of that.dingbat wrote:Nope.natashka85 wrote: Majority can be majority number but that doesnt have to be most .lol
The definition of majority is more than half.
Most doesn't have to be more than half, if there are several options
Therefore majority is always most, but most is not always majority
But I think you should focus less on the LSAT and more on your mastery of the English language
The definition of majority is that it is more than half. The definition of most is more than any other option. If a "majority" is 500,000, then the total pool cannot be greater than 999,999. No other option can have more than 499,999, meaning that the 500,000 represents the most.
If the 500,000 represents a "great majority", then the pool is significantly smaller than 999,999.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:45 pm
June 2006? Which question?natashka85 wrote:I like your example ,i posted here cause i came across that problem in test 49 ,your example is pretty close.
Re: One more question for lsat instructors
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:47 pm
500,000 out of 1,000,000 is not a majority.natashka85 wrote:Its a great majority number but we don`t know 500 000 of what?it could be 1000 000 or 600 000 .
500,000 out of 600,000 is a great majority
However, 500,000 out of 1,000,000 would be most, if there are more than 2 possibilities and each got at least 1
500,000 out of 600,000 would be most