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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Medical & Dental Studies

Great many

Does this mean a great number of or majority/most of?
for example
''great many patients who say they never eat breakfast...''
  

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It simply means 'a great number of'. We cannot deduce that it means either 'most' or 'the majority of'

  • It simply means 'a great number of'.
  • We cannot deduce that it means either 'most' or 'the majority of'
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It simply means 'a great number of'. We cannot deduce that it means either 'most' or 'the majority of'
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thanks,
I've just realized I wrote this post on the wrong forum, this is supposed to be medical English, sorry

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