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[bbarnett]

Most means "almost all". Your link says about 50%.

[hxtk → bbarnett]

I've certainly seen "most" used to mean "almost all", and it appears as though you're feeling a little annoyed to see it used that way because you consider it misleading.

I've also frequently seen "most" used to mean "a majority", though, in which case GP's use of the term is precisely consistent with the facts in their source.

[richardw → bbarnett]

Interesting. I think differently but seems there are multiple interpretations. Of course we feel most people would agree with our version ;)

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55920/is-most-eq...

[labster → bbarnett]

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/most

“More than half of” is one of the definitions

[taneq → bbarnett]

Looks like most people disagree. ;)