"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
michael adams wrote:
The reason many people say they voted for Brexit was to
control illegal immigration.

Really? Many seemed to want to stop EU workers coming here legally.

You do understand the meaning of the word "many", I take it ?

"Many" means more than "a few", and less than "a majority",
"most", or "all".

in relative terms,

as the total sample set is 17 million, even a tiny percentage of that number
would be many people in absolute terms

It's a pointless use of the word (whichever way you are trying to use it)

tim