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ryaanibtisam@gmail.com September 12, 2019

Is "Almost Any" diagrammed as "some" or "most"

I'm receiving conflicting answers on "Almost Any". I diagrammed it as "most", what is the correct way?

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Irina September 13, 2019

@Ryan,

That's correct, "almost any" is best diagrammed as most as it represents a quantity less than all and more than some/few/many,

Let me know if you have any further questions.

August 13, 2022

Q1: "Almost any" wasn't used as "most" in the video explanation, but rather was used as "some" due to it being a Must Be True question. Does that mean we need to view it differently based on the question type?

Q2: The Key Takeaway shown under the correct answer states "Almost all" in place of "Almost any". Do we consider both "Almost all" and "Almost any" as "most" statements?

Emil-Kunkin August 14, 2022

I don't think it changes based on the question type. I would treat almost any or almost all as the same thing as a most.

To your second question, any and all are equivalent in this case, and both are most statements.