[Ads-l] most/majority

[Laurence Horn]

> On Oct 22, 2019, at 12:58 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Or "the most" instead of "most”.

Probably so, but although, as Bill says, the news reader (or writer) must have intended “plurality”, “majority” is also often (mis)used in the same way.  Proportions is tricky.

 
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> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 12:40 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> From NPR's hourly news this morning (the 10/22/2019 8AM ET set here
>> https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500005/npr-news-now )
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>> "With Trudeau winning most of the seats but not a majority. . . ".
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>> I suppose he meant "plurality" instead of "most".
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