Another "nearly" from the wrong side

[Dan Goncharoff]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> Dan wrote:
> >In a context with two true sides, like the original example of 'nearly
> >half', I am suggesting that 'nearly' means 'not exactly', and that can be
> >above or below.
>
> NMM.  Assuming we're talking about a scalar (or any kind of real number).
>
> Joel
>

I don't have to assume anything. The original question was talking about a
"real number".

DanG

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