"Letting Them Play..."

[Bearfanmike20]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Okay so how many is "a lot" compared to "most"?

Here are some rather vague quantity terms -- rank them in order from least to most.

a lot, some, most, a few, almost all, many, the vast majority, a couple, plenty, not very many, several, a minority

ok.. you asked.

from most to least...

almost all
most
the vast majority
half of
many
plenty
a lot
several
some
A minority
Not very many
a few
a couple

hows that for a ranking... I added a half of so you can get an idea of placement.