Moving to London for a Tech Job

Re:Moving to London for a Tech Job by fastball on Friday May 14, 2021 @11:41AM (#27155426)

I'd call seven "many". Many is more than "a few", which I'd say is =< 5.

The total number of countries (50) only matters if you're using relative terms, like "most".

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Re:Moving to London for a Tech Job by pedrosorio on Friday May 14, 2021 @07:46PM (#27160852)

I disagree that the total number does not influence the usage of the term many.

In the middle of the desert outside of a population center, one might call a group of 6 people "many", but one would never use the same term to refer to 6 grains of sand.

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Re:Moving to London for a Tech Job by andi999 on Friday May 21, 2021 @12:43AM (#27230582)

The total number is very important. Otherwise you could say: many (insert minority group) commit hideous crimes.

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