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Originally posted by Seraphim XIII
A large indefinite number: A good many of the workers had the flu.

Many is to be more than the secondary entity, Bardock. It would make it essentially parallel to a majority.

Those are the top two shows, yes, but sixteen others qualify within the category of being on that list. So, because two are "one" and "two", this qualifies the reality shows of making up for many on that list?

MANY on that list are NOT reality shows. It's simple.

Sixteen is a larger number than four. MANY is what is NOT reality.

Get over it.

No, look, you are wrong.

First here the definition of the word:

man·y /ˈmɛni/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[men-ee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, more, most, noun, pronoun
–adjective
1. constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people.
2. noting each one of a large number (usually fol. by a or an): For many a day it rained.
–noun
3. a large or considerable number of persons or things: A good many of the beggars were blind.

1: is subjective, I would consider 4 of 20 a lot. You have to see it is not 4 to 16, you don't compare one genre to all genres....

2--

3: Certainly a considerable number. 20% of the Top 20 are Reality TV Shows. The two top shows are indeed reality. It is a considerable number.

The word many can and does apply. It doesn't have tp be the majority at all...it doesn't even have to be the largest number. It just has to be considerable enough. You say it isn't he says it is...

And yes, mayn on that list are not reality shows, but there are also many on that list that are reality shows.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Many of the top rated shows are reality shows.

1 American Idol (Tuesday) (Fox) 31.20

2 American Idol (Wednesday) (Fox) 28.89

3 House (Fox) 25.99

4 Grey's Anatomy (ABC) 25.76

5 CSI (CBS) 22.71

6 CSI Miami (CBS) 19.90

7 Desperate Housewives (ABC) 18.51

8 Survivor: Fiji (CBS) 16.08

9 Deal or No Deal (Monday) 16.07

10 Two and a Half Men (CBS) 15.50

11 NCIS (CBS) 15.36

12 Criminal Minds (CBS) 15.16

13 Shark (CBS) 15.12

14 CSI: NY (CBS) 14.81

15 Heroes (NBC) 14.68

16 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) 14.15

17 24 (Fox) 13.73

18 Ugly Betty (ABC) 13.66

19 Rules of Engagement (CBS) 13.43

20 24 (Fox) (S) (Monday) 13.12

Since AI has been listed twice, it's actually THREE reality shows listed. So, 17 > 3.

He stated many of the top shows were reality on that said list. HE WAS WRONG. Many is a reference to a said majority.

"MANY OF THE KIDS AT THAT PARTY WERE BILLY'S FRIENDS."

That means MOST of the kids were his friends, and the rest, which is the minority, were not his friends.

Many = Most = Majority.

Try again.

Originally posted by Seraphim XIII

"MANY OF THE KIDS AT THAT PARTY WERE BILLY'S FRIENDS."

That means MOST of the kids were his friends, and the rest, which is the minority, were not his friends.

Many = Most = Majority.

Try again.

How in the hell, were you able to pass elementary school English?

"Many" is in no way...in no way a synonym of "most" or of "majority"...

To claim so is ridiculous and wrong.

If there are five hundred party guests and two hundred are friends of Billy....then there are many of the kids friends of billy....

It is such a subjective term that you don't base your bets around it.

[edit] Also, please, if anything, then 3 to 16. Okay?

Originally posted by Bardock42
How in the hell, were you able to pass elementary school English?

"Many" is in no way...in no way a synonym of "most" or of "majority"...

To claim so is ridiculous and wrong.

If there are five hundred party guests and two hundred are friends of Billy....then there are many of the kids friends of billy....

It is such a subjective term that you don't base your bets around it.

[edit] Also, please, if anything, then 3 to 16. Okay?

Three to seventeen, actually.

And three to seventeen is NOT many, Bardock. If there is only three of them out of twenty that are reality television shows, the bottom line is, it's not many.

You're going to dismiss that much of a minority in that ratio to be many? That would be ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.

Regardless of this side debate (Bardock is right). 3 out of the top 20 is not many.

There are just as many CSIs and then more crime dramas. Should we say that American TV is steered by its obsession with crime drama?

Originally posted by Alliance
Regardless of this side debate (Bardock is right). 3 out of the top 20 is not many.

There are just as many CSIs and then more crime dramas. Should we say that American TV is steered by its obsession with crime drama?

It....certainly is one of the major genres of American entertainment...kinda like Reality TV...there are many Reality TV shows...there are also many popular ones.

Originally posted by Alliance
Regardless of this side debate (Bardock is right). 3 out of the top 20 is not many.

Moreover, none of the three reality programs in the top 20 are exploitive. American Idol and Survivor: Fiji celebrate talent and ingenuity respectively, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is largely humanitarian.

Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Moreover, none of the three reality programs in the top 20 are exploitive. American Idol and Survivor: Fiji celebrate talent and ingenuity respectively, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is largely humanitarian.

Though the beginning of American Idol is....incidentally the only part I remotely like....

Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Moreover, none of the three reality programs in the top 20 are exploitive. American Idol and Survivor: Fiji celebrate talent and ingenuity respectively, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is largely humanitarian.

Are you serious?

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Your mom is correct, however isn't that what the American TV and entertainment is all about?
Exploiting poor, mentaly ill, desparate people, who audiences cannot wait to get humiliated so they can get some sick pleasure out of getting people act in the most ridiculous ways?

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Are you serious?

Contestants on these programs know what they are signing up for.

Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Contestants on these programs know what they are signing up for.

I'm just saying I take exception to the argument. Lots of people can sing or walk down a runway. But it's the interim drama that I see as exploitive. The judges of American Idol are needlessly harsh. At least that one guy. And (insert country here)'s next top model is a few minutes of runway footage and the rest is them sitting in one of those real world confession booths talking shit about each other.

Maybe exploitation is the wrong term, especially given the fact that everyone who competes for a role on one of these shows is fully well aware of how these shows work. Which would mean that they know what they're getting into before the cameras roll.

I'm not totally agreeing with Adam, but we all get gossip and drama at work. It not like we just get it from television.

Originally posted by Alliance
I'm not totally agreeing with Adam, but we all get gossip and drama at work. It not like we just get it from television.

Maybe someone like Ricky Gervais could make a comedy program about this office drama.