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Dokterjokkebrok Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

*What’s with that ’vast majority’ nonsense?

Hi,

I was reading this article when I came across this heading:

*What’s with that ’vast majority’ nonsense?

I have no clue as to what it relates to in the paragraph nor what it relates to outside of the text.

http://www.distilled.net/blog/the-content-matrix/

Thank you for your help!

- DJB -
  

Top answer

" "What's with ... " means "What's the reason for / purpose of ... " or similar.

— GPY

  • " "What's with ...
  • " means "What's the reason for / purpose of ...
  • " or similar.
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Well, it's referring back to the statement earlier in the text that "the vast majority* of sites need four key types of content: ..."

"What's with ... ?" means "What's the reason for / purpose of ... " or similar.
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Ah, yes... I see now... To be honest, I don't know how I could have missed that, with the asterisk and all...

Emotion: thinking
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