Many vs Some

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• gs556 Member Inactive Sage

  July 2015 568 karma

  "On the LSAT, the word "many" just means "some".
  
  - http://7sage.com/lesson/many-some/
• catatac7 Alum Member

  July 2015 24 karma

  And now I remember reading this. Thank you.
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  nicole.hopkins Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐

  July 2015 7965 karma

  I like to think that "many" does not mean one. And hopefully, "many" is more than 2. Just for the sake of, you know, sanity.
  
  But in all other respects, many = some and logically you should treat it the same way.
• ddakjiking Inactive ⭐

  July 2015 2116 karma

  Yeah. I treat some=many. I even use the LSAT-definition of some in real life now in that I'll sometimes use "some" when I mean 80% of something which confuses a lot of people. lol.
• ENTJ Alum Inactive ⭐

  July 2015 3658 karma

  Haha. @ddakjiking Remind me to bring a notepad when I talk to you. I'll graph out all your statements.
• lpadr009 Free Trial Member

  August 2015 379 karma

  many= some. aka more than 1, with the possibility of "all".
• nye8870 Alum ⭐

  August 2015 1749 karma

  @ddakjiking said:
  I'll sometimes use "some" when I mean 80% of something which confuses a lot of people. lol.
  

  And I as well use it interchangeably, (e.g. I have many good qualities.) - when I only have one or two. Parrump-Tss!
• Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  August 2015 8021 karma

  Be careful because some means at least one, not more than one. Therefore while you would like to think that many is plural, it can be dangerous to do so.
• lpadr009 Free Trial Member

  August 2015 379 karma

  I MEANT THAT! i swear!! *Brain fart* :P thanks for pointing that out!