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minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoThat doesn’t imply the same thing though. “Less than half” could mean 10% and probably means significantly less than half but “nearly half” probably means between 40% and 50%.
minus-squarethirdtower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI agree, less than half can mean nearly anything less than half. It’s a bad choice of words for that reason alone, too open to interpretation. Nearly half is more constricted and reasonably really close to half to interpret.
That doesn’t imply the same thing though. “Less than half” could mean 10% and probably means significantly less than half but “nearly half” probably means between 40% and 50%.
I agree, less than half can mean nearly anything less than half.
It’s a bad choice of words for that reason alone, too open to interpretation.
Nearly half is more constricted and reasonably really close to half to interpret.