"Nearly all" in stimulus

JDtobeeee

Does "nearly all" equate to most?

Spotted it in a parallel reasoning question!

Paul Caint

Eeeeh I'm unsure. But if it was in a parallel reasoning question I would try to find similar language being used in one of the answers. Like if one answer said "most" and another said "virtually every" I would select the "virtually every" one.

JDtobeeee

So the stimulus used "most" and "virtually every"

Th correct answer used "nearly all" and "most"

akistotle

From a logical perspective, I think it's "most."

Also there was a great discussion on "almost all":
https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/12445

TheMikey

It is 'most', but it's stronger than 'most'. I saw an explanation yesterday where J.Y. explained this (sorry forgot which exp! ) and almost all is basically right under all, and it is stronger because 'most' is more than half or close to all. Whereas almost all/nearly all is way closer to all.

So yeah, it is 'most' but just think of it as stronger.

JDtobeeee

Thank you all!