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| Jul 23, 2016 at 10:34 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | It also doesn't have to be statistically significant, really. “There are many left-handed dwarfs in the US” can be perfectly true even if left-handed dwarfs probably make up less than 0.01% of the population. How many many is in a given context relies on an understanding of how big a part of the total the category in question is likely to take up. | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 7:58 | comment | added | Dan | @JohnMeacham - "...just significantly more than one might think do". Absolutely! | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 7:57 | comment | added | Dan | @HotLicks - 'many', or 'most' people... | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 2:28 | comment | added | John Meacham | 'many' can also mean ”more than one might expect”. 'many people enjoy the taste of spoiled meat and consider it a delicacy. Wouldn't mean more than half the people do, or even a sizable percentage, just significantly more than one might think do. | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 1:55 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Many people would disagree with you. | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 0:42 | history | answered | Dan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |