"Many, if not all" in Formal Logic Language

[mengyue.zhao]

Hello!

I found the difference between "Many" and "Many, if not all" and "some, if not most" quite confusing, while the guides don't mention it.

My guess is that "many"= ">or=1", "many, if not all"= "most" =">50%", "some/ many, if not most"= ">or=1"

Besides that, "typical"= "most"


I originally got this question when I was trying to explain PT73,S2,Q20 (post40808.html?hilit=fertilizer#p34323) , while I don't want to shift the emphasis of my question by bringing it here.

[JeffM656]

That was indeed quite bewildering for me too. Thanks for explanation! I thought that "many, if not all"= "most" =">99%", because the analogy showed the variant quite applicable.

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[JeffM656]

That was indeed quite bewildering for me too.

[LeonC641]

Following this; I also found "many, if not all" different from "many" in terms of their referring scope. It would be great if this view can be verified by some of the Manhatten Prep staff members.