r/pics • u/lnfinity • Aug 12 '21
The majority of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is discarded fishing gear.
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Things can be majority with less than 50% of the total if there are more than 2 categories.
14 u/Bjd1207 Aug 12 '21 No that's called a plurality not a majority 8 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 edited Aug 12 '21 If you have 6 apples 3 bananas and 4 oranges, you have a majority of apples. Majority literally means ‘the greater number’. Edit: yes there are multiple definitions, but with the magic of context we can clearly see OP was using the one I’m referencing. 6 u/FaceRockerMD Aug 12 '21 This is a semantics argument but I love how confidently incorrect you are. -2 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/majority Semantics my ass 4 u/unpolloloco2 Aug 12 '21 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority 2 u/FaceRockerMD Aug 12 '21 Aww you beat me to it lol. He's gonna dig his heels in and keep using it wrong. Such is life. 1 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Bruh how am I wrong? There are clearly multiple definitions, using context clues you can obviously see the OP above was using the one I’m referencing. 2 u/thisissaliva Aug 13 '21 The context of the title? There isn’t much of it, what exactly implies that they meant plurality?
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No that's called a plurality not a majority
8 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 edited Aug 12 '21 If you have 6 apples 3 bananas and 4 oranges, you have a majority of apples. Majority literally means ‘the greater number’. Edit: yes there are multiple definitions, but with the magic of context we can clearly see OP was using the one I’m referencing. 6 u/FaceRockerMD Aug 12 '21 This is a semantics argument but I love how confidently incorrect you are. -2 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/majority Semantics my ass 4 u/unpolloloco2 Aug 12 '21 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority 2 u/FaceRockerMD Aug 12 '21 Aww you beat me to it lol. He's gonna dig his heels in and keep using it wrong. Such is life. 1 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Bruh how am I wrong? There are clearly multiple definitions, using context clues you can obviously see the OP above was using the one I’m referencing. 2 u/thisissaliva Aug 13 '21 The context of the title? There isn’t much of it, what exactly implies that they meant plurality?
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If you have 6 apples 3 bananas and 4 oranges, you have a majority of apples.
Majority literally means ‘the greater number’.
Edit: yes there are multiple definitions, but with the magic of context we can clearly see OP was using the one I’m referencing.
6 u/FaceRockerMD Aug 12 '21 This is a semantics argument but I love how confidently incorrect you are. -2 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/majority Semantics my ass 4 u/unpolloloco2 Aug 12 '21 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority 2 u/FaceRockerMD Aug 12 '21 Aww you beat me to it lol. He's gonna dig his heels in and keep using it wrong. Such is life. 1 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Bruh how am I wrong? There are clearly multiple definitions, using context clues you can obviously see the OP above was using the one I’m referencing. 2 u/thisissaliva Aug 13 '21 The context of the title? There isn’t much of it, what exactly implies that they meant plurality?
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This is a semantics argument but I love how confidently incorrect you are.
-2 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/majority Semantics my ass 4 u/unpolloloco2 Aug 12 '21 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority 2 u/FaceRockerMD Aug 12 '21 Aww you beat me to it lol. He's gonna dig his heels in and keep using it wrong. Such is life. 1 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Bruh how am I wrong? There are clearly multiple definitions, using context clues you can obviously see the OP above was using the one I’m referencing. 2 u/thisissaliva Aug 13 '21 The context of the title? There isn’t much of it, what exactly implies that they meant plurality?
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https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/majority
Semantics my ass
4 u/unpolloloco2 Aug 12 '21 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority 2 u/FaceRockerMD Aug 12 '21 Aww you beat me to it lol. He's gonna dig his heels in and keep using it wrong. Such is life. 1 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Bruh how am I wrong? There are clearly multiple definitions, using context clues you can obviously see the OP above was using the one I’m referencing. 2 u/thisissaliva Aug 13 '21 The context of the title? There isn’t much of it, what exactly implies that they meant plurality?
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority
2 u/FaceRockerMD Aug 12 '21 Aww you beat me to it lol. He's gonna dig his heels in and keep using it wrong. Such is life. 1 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Bruh how am I wrong? There are clearly multiple definitions, using context clues you can obviously see the OP above was using the one I’m referencing. 2 u/thisissaliva Aug 13 '21 The context of the title? There isn’t much of it, what exactly implies that they meant plurality?
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Aww you beat me to it lol. He's gonna dig his heels in and keep using it wrong. Such is life.
1 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Bruh how am I wrong? There are clearly multiple definitions, using context clues you can obviously see the OP above was using the one I’m referencing. 2 u/thisissaliva Aug 13 '21 The context of the title? There isn’t much of it, what exactly implies that they meant plurality?
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Bruh how am I wrong?
There are clearly multiple definitions, using context clues you can obviously see the OP above was using the one I’m referencing.
2 u/thisissaliva Aug 13 '21 The context of the title? There isn’t much of it, what exactly implies that they meant plurality?
The context of the title? There isn’t much of it, what exactly implies that they meant plurality?
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u/Smittywerbenjagerman Aug 12 '21
Things can be majority with less than 50% of the total if there are more than 2 categories.