"If Johnson were a black woman he would not have gone to Eton. Eton doesn’t allow women. But even if it did, since black women are far more likely to be working class than most, they would be far less likely to go to Eton than most." ( The Guardian.)
What does the pronoun "most" refer to in the passage above?
Does it mean "Eton students"?
No, it means most other (non-black) women .
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