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"It's most likely going to rain today" ... Now, in terms of "most" being used in the "most likely" sense, ... higher probability of the event, raining, occurring. "Most" simply implies ... can be difficult to conceptualize "most" and "almost certain" ...
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So the negation of "most" is definitely not "some". Most means 51-100 ... here the complete logical opposite of "most" will be 0%-50%. ... its not the logical opposite of "most".
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I really like your use of 0-50% to explain why ... 't forget the other half of the issue as well; "some ... the opposite ofmost? It basically includes all the variables of "most".
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Now lets take the contrapositiveof this:
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