Logical opposition and the word "many"

[TargTru99^]

Greetings,

I am taking the Powerscore Live Online Course, and I have been going over the logical opposition concept for lesson 2 of the course. I am still not totally sure about what the word "many" precisely means on the LSAT. In terms of logical opposition, would "many" mean the same as the word "some," and thus be equal to 1-100, and is "many," like "some," simply the logical opposite of "none?"

Also, in terms of quantity, would "many" mean the same as "some" in that it equals to anything from 1 to 100?

[Adam Tyson]

"Many" definitely indicates at least some, TargTru99, but beyond that it's very subjective. It could be all, it could be most, but it could also be less than half. It's all relative! The best approach to logically opposing such uncertain concepts is to simply insert a "not" - "not many" is the logical opposite of "many," and you might also use "few" to cover the same subjective idea. Much like "many," we cannot put a number on "few."

[Dave Killoran]

Greetings,

I am taking the Powerscore Live Online Course, and I have been going over the logical opposition concept for lesson 2 of the course. I am still not totally sure about what the word "many" precisely means on the LSAT. In terms of logical opposition, would "many" mean the same as the word "some," and thus be equal to 1-100, and is "many," like "some," simply the logical opposite of "none?"

Also, in terms of quantity, would "many" mean the same as "some" in that it equals to anything from 1 to 100?

Hey Targ,

This might help too: https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/bid/15 ... l-and-many

Thanks!