I would think that twenty is far more than several. To me, 'several' suggests somewhere between three and ten. It is more like 'a few'.gilesgoat wrote:Only a thing .. I tought when you say "several" you mean something like 20 .. 30 .. 40 or even more ...
How much "several" is meant to be ?
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I believe the root of the word "several" is the word seven, just as "many" comes from the latin for hand and originally meant four and "few" also comes from four. However, that was then, this is now, and meanings tend to mutate, "many" seems to mean more than "a few" in common usage these days.Harlequin wrote:I would think that twenty is far more than several. To me, 'several' suggests somewhere between three and ten. It is more like 'a few'.gilesgoat wrote:Only a thing .. I tought when you say "several" you mean something like 20 .. 30 .. 40 or even more ...
How much "several" is meant to be ?
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I thought "a few" was 3 (after couple being 2)
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So thats confirmed then, its a couple plus a few more.Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:I thought "a few" was 3 (after couple being 2)
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It is one, two, few, many, several... of course. Has nobody here ever studied Advanced Vague Mathematics?
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Three or four, or maybe five. Six is getting beyond the scope of "several".gilesgoat wrote:How much "several" is meant to be ?
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I would say that "several" is 7 +- 3.
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Dirk Gently?Harlequin wrote:It is one, two, few, many, several... of course. Has nobody here ever studied Advanced Vague Mathematics?
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Yeah and look what happened to his sofa !!
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wasn't his sofa, it was the other guy's, His fridge on the other hand...Deckard wrote:Yeah and look what happened to his sofa !!
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Errm... Me plus a touch of Blackadder reference, I think.PVB wrote:Dirk Gently?Harlequin wrote:It is one, two, few, many, several... of course. Has nobody here ever studied Advanced Vague Mathematics?
It appears that 'several' does not share a root with 'seven' but with 'sever' and 'seperate' (originally meaning "various, diverse, different"). It might just feel close to seven because it sounds like it.
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Apple-ogies.Harlequin wrote:Errm... Me plus a touch of Blackadder reference, I think.PVB wrote:Dirk Gently?Harlequin wrote:It is one, two, few, many, several... of course. Has nobody here ever studied Advanced Vague Mathematics?
I just thought it'd be something DG would ramble on about.
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I may have borrowed his delivery a little.PVB wrote:I just thought it'd be something DG would ramble on about.
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