Another "nearly" from the wrong side

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/30/2013 11:55 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>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".

Actually, it was talking about a "rational number" -- 12.60.

Joel


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