Re: OT: Musical languistics

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> > But I agree with Sturgeon's Law, except that I'd say everything's 99%
> > crud, of which, 2% is excellent crud.
>
> Reminds me; does this English expression mean that 2% of the total is crud, or
> that 1.98% is?
The latter, I think, on the basis of the "of which", which expands to
"of the 98%".  English is not well-suited to making precise quantitative
statements (which doesn't mean it can't be done).

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