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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2004"More than" versus "Less than"
Hi All, How do you interpret the meaning of "more than" and "less than"? If someone says "more than 30", does it mean a value greater than 30 (30 excluded) or a value greater than 30 (30 included)? If someone says "less than 30", does it mean a value smaller than 30 (30 excluded)? Do you personally think that there is a cultural difference in the perception of "more than" and "less than" across different native language speakers? Thanks in advance for your input > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks in advance for your input This has been thoroughly covered already over on AUE, where a duplicate of this post appeared. Sorry if this deprives any AEU-er of some of that advance gratitude.  SignatureBob Lieblich Glad to help > Sorry if this deprives any AEU-er of some of that advance gratitude. <sigh> Crossposting is bad, but multi-posting is evil. Cheers, Daniel. >> Sorry if this deprives any AEU-er of some of that advance gratitude. > > <sigh> Crossposting is bad, but multi-posting is evil. Crossposting is not bad. m. > Crossposting is not bad. Not bad? Well, it's not *good*, and is too often done without adequate justification ... many people crosspost to several groups rather than bothering to work out which (if any) of them is the appropriate group. I'd say that most crossposted messages should not have been so, but that doesn't mean that there's never a good reason to do it. Some messages are appropriate in more than one group, and when that is the case any ensuing discussion is likely to be so, too. Cheers, Daniel. >> Crossposting is not bad. > > I'd say that most crossposted messages should not have been so, but > that doesn't mean that there's never a good reason to do it. As I said, crossposting is not bad. The reasons for doing so, may be. m. >Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Thanks in advance for your input Both exclude 30. I don't know of any differences among native speakers, but anything is possible. If you want to include 30, say "30 or more (or less)." Carter Carter Jefferson carterj98@mindspring.com http://carterj.homestead.com/ > If you want to include 30, say "30 or more (or less)." Or, respectively, "at least (at most) 30". SignatureOdysseus Thank you for all your replies. I agree with your answer. That was the answer I gave to a Ｔaiwanese who asked me about this question yesterday. I believe there may be some cultural differences in the perception of "more than" and "less than", just from what I heard from this Taiwanese who told me that the value of 30 should be included for the phrase "more than 30", but the value of 30 should be excluded for the phrase "less than 30" in Chinese. I am a native Cantonese speaker. I also speak Mandarin Chinese but I attended an English school when I was small. That is why I come to think my different educational and language background is the possible cause of such a difference in the perception of these two phrases. Thanks again for your reply > > If you want to include 30, say "30 or more (or less)." > > > Or, respectively, "at least (at most) 30". |
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