Does "more often than not" mean most?

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  allergic Alum Member Inactive Sage

  April 2016 246 karma

  More and more frequently just means something is happening more often than before. Maybe in the past it happened 1% of the time, then recently it increased to 2% of the time. More often than not means more than 50% of the time, which means it happens most of the time.
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  hlsat180 Free Trial Member

  April 2016 edited April 2016 362 karma

  @"Purple Paris" said:
  Does "more often than not" mean most?
  

  Yes, in terms of frequency: "More often than not" = "Most of the time" or "Usually"
  
  To clarify your confusion: "More and more frequently" refers to a change in frequency, while "Most of the time" refers to just frequency - like comparing velocity vs. distance.
  

  @"Purple Paris" said:
  They sound quite similar to me, so I'm not sure how to make a distinction between them.
  

  Instead of focusing on specific terms, first become familiar with general LSAT qualifiers (on a scale of 0 to 100):
  
  - All/Always (100)
  - Most/Usually (51-100)
  - Some/Sometimes (1-100)
  - Not All/Not Always (0-99)
  - None/Never (0)
  
  You can then interpret specific terms by applying them to this framework.
  
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  allison.gill.sanford Alum Inactive Sage

  April 2016 1128 karma

  Yeah this is all about what you are comparing the past performance to. Are you comparing current frequency of an event with past frequency (the amount of time a particular thing used to happen)? If so, this tells you nothing about overall occurrences of any kind, it's only a comparison within a particular category.
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  time_to_go Alum Member

  April 2016 276 karma

  Thank you guys!