[thelist] Many or More?

[Julian Rickards]

Hey Brent:

I am west of you, writing from Sudbury.

Jules

On 12/10/06, Brent Eades <beades at almonte.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Brent Eades
> Almonte, Ontario
> http://almonte.com
>
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