Many and Most

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  DumbHollywoodActor Alum Inactive ⭐

  May 2015 7468 karma

  many = some.
  Most = more than 50%.
  Most implies some ( or many).
  Some does not imply most.
  too many” is a comparative opinion: too many = more than desired.
  Hope this helps.
• sarkisp23 Alum Member

  May 2015 374 karma

  Yeah it's not just limited to "too many." Many just means "at least some" with a hint of subjectivity thrown in based on context. I have many cars. 3 is many to me but 3 might not be many to a famous boxer. Maybe he has 20 and that's many to him as well. Many times I've failed and that's why I succeed. Kobe Bryant missed many free throws. Yeah only because he usually doesn't miss.
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  visualcreed Member Inactive ⭐

  May 2015 326 karma

  I like to think of "many" without the m or "any" which just means 1 or more which is what "some" means. Heh, not very useful but I get a kick out of it sometimes and you need all the self entertainment you can get with the LSAT.
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  emli1000 Alum Member Inactive ⭐

  May 2015 3462 karma

  RELATIONSHIP TO UNIVERSAL QUANTIFIERS Lesson 2 of 30
  • Conditional logic =UQ
  • UQ: learning about a relationship of complete subsumption – where 2 groups of things existed where 1 group is completely subsumed by another group (Jedi & Force users) and (watermelon subsumed by fruit-Sufficient Condition & Necessary Condition)
  • Existential quantifiers
  Relationship – intersection instead of 1 group being completely subsumed by another group we have 2 groups that happen to share some share of overlap
  Ex: Venn diagram – size of intersection between the relation of one idea and another idea (dogs & things that are cute)
  • Describes the difference between Some & Most relationships
  
  EXISTENTIAL QUANTIFIERS BRIEF Lesson 3of 30
  • There exist things such as ______ (fill in the blank- predict)
  Ex: happy people v. poor people (middle intersection)
  • Indicators: “SOME”
  • **No such thing as a contrapositive- it does NOT exist for EXISTENTIAL QUANTIFIERS
  
  “SOME” STATEMENTS MEANING Lesson 4 of 30
  • EQ
  • "Some speaks of a range”-> “All speaks of a point (100)”
  • Definition of “some” is at least 1
  • Starts at 1 to 100 (does not include 0)
  • Ex: Some dogs are playful (1-100) → all dogs are playful (100)
  • Lower bound: 1
  Upper bound: 100
  • 0 is not included in Some
  
  “SOME” STATEMENTS TRANSLATE Lesson 5 of 30
  • [Some] dogs (D) are cute (C)
  D some C
  *Some is an intersection that’s why it does not carry an arrow
  • NO SUCH THING AS A CONTRAPOSITIVE =/= /D some /C- YOU KNOW TOO LITTLE TO DETERMINE IF (NON-DOGS ARE NOT CUTE? HOW DO YOU KNOW? YOU DON’T KNOW!)
  
  “MANY” = “SOME” Lesson 6 of 30
  • On the LSAT, the word “many” just means “some”
  
  
  
  “MOST” STATEMENTS MEANING Lesson 7 of 30
  • Existential Quantifier
  • Intersection between two ideas
  • Definition for “Most” is half plus 1
  • Lower bound: 51
  Upper bound: 100
  • Also speaks of a range
  • Ex: Most cats are furry
  At least 51 of the cats are furry.
  
  “MOST” STATEMENTS TRANSLATION Lesson 8 of 30
  • Ex: [Most] Pandas (P) like to eat bamboo (EB)
  More than half of the pandas like to eat bamboo
  P---most-- >E
  **Direction of the arrow does matter-
  *”Most” is the subset of “some”
  • NO CONTRAPOSITIVES!