• grue@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Yes, anything over half is literally what “mostly” means. Doesn’t matter if it’s 99% or 51%.

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            If your friend group is 6 men and 4 women, do you tell people “I’m mostly friends with men”?

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              “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!”

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        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”?