[thelist] Many or More?
Stephen Rider
evolt_org at striderweb.com
Thu Oct 12 15:36:44 CDT 2006
On Oct 10, 2006, at 11:09 PM, Julian Rickards wrote:
> 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"?
Digging further into the semantic fray, I'm having a small issue with
the first part: "most web pages created since the mid-1990's". Most
pages, or most designs? If a page has gone through four redesigns,
the first three of which used tables, are you counting that as three
in one column and one in the other?
I would say "...most web page designs..." myself. I think that's a
pretty safe assumption considering the significant rise of CSS being
a pretty recent occurrence....
If you do just go with "many", you might re-strengthen the point by
saying something fluffy like "a great many".
Regards,
Stephen Rider
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