"Nearly all" in stimulus

JDtobeeeeJDtobeeee Alum Member
in Logical Reasoning 175 karma

Does "nearly all" equate to most?

Spotted it in a parallel reasoning question!

Comments

  • Paul CaintPaul Caint Alum Member ⭐
    3521 karma

    Eeeeh I'm unsure. But if it was in a parallel reasoning question I would try to find similar language being used in one of the answers. Like if one answer said "most" and another said "virtually every" I would select the "virtually every" one.

  • JDtobeeeeJDtobeeee Alum Member
    175 karma

    So the stimulus used "most" and "virtually every"

    Th correct answer used "nearly all" and "most"

  • akistotleakistotle Member ⭐ 🍌🍌
    9382 karma

    From a logical perspective, I think it's "most."

    Also there was a great discussion on "almost all":
    https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/12445

  • TheMikeyTheMikey Alum Member
    4196 karma

    It is 'most', but it's stronger than 'most'. I saw an explanation yesterday where J.Y. explained this (sorry forgot which exp! :( ) and almost all is basically right under all, and it is stronger because 'most' is more than half or close to all. Whereas almost all/nearly all is way closer to all.

    So yeah, it is 'most' but just think of it as stronger.

  • JDtobeeeeJDtobeeee Alum Member
    175 karma

    Thank you all!

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