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1) Mostly they were happy.
2) For the most part they were happy.
Can't these sentences mean three things:
a) Most of the time, they were happy.
b) They experienced more than one feeling at the same time, but the strongest feeling was happiness.
c) The majority of them were happy.
Gratefully,
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I would say only number one. )
- I would say only number one.
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I would say only number one. "Mostly" and "for the most part" modify "happy" not "they." While you might stretch the meaning to say "most of their feelings were happy feelings," I think the primary meaning would be "over time, they were more happy than not." (That is, I think these are statements about their lives in general, not their lives at a particular moment.)
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