[thelist] Many or More?

[Brent Eades]

Julian Rickards wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> My editor has questioned a phrase I am using in my current book.
> 
> My statement is "most web pages created since the mid-1990's use tables for
> layout" and she wonders if I should have written "many" instead of "most".
> 
> I don't think there is a way to quantify this statement (easily, that is) so
> I am asking you, would you agree with "most" or "many"?
> 
> Jules
> 

As a former editor myself, I would incline towards "many". While it may 
be the opinion of many (most?) knowledgeable developers that "most pages 
created since the mid-1990's use tables for layout", this would be, as 
you say, hard to quantify. You don't have that difficulty with "many", 
which doesn't convey the sense of majority that "most" does.

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Brent Eades	
Almonte, Ontario
http://almonte.com