Mapping how the United States generates its electricity

Re:Mapping how the United States generates its electricity by vectorjohn on Monday August 03, 2015 @01:04PM (#9997764)

Plurality. You keep using that word, I don't think it means what you think it means.

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Re:Mapping how the United States generates its electricity by aidenn0 on Monday August 03, 2015 @02:34PM (#9998649)

I think it's a reasonable usage of the word. By the dictionary, it is used in this sense only for voting and demographics, but it is a natural extension to use it for other fractional values.

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Re:Mapping how the United States generates its electricity by OrwellianChild on Monday August 03, 2015 @01:14PM (#9997861)

"a usually large number of things" [1]

Just a weird way to say "a bunch" or "lots".

[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plurality

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Re:Mapping how the United States generates its electricity by ZeroGravitas on Monday August 03, 2015 @02:39PM (#9998707)

I think they mean it in the second sense listed, more than any other type of power, but not a majority (>50‰)

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Re:Mapping how the United States generates its electricity by vectorjohn on Monday August 03, 2015 @04:17PM (#9999458)

I stand corrected. I didn't see that one. I.e., it is the largest single source.

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