From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!tekmdp!bronze!crimson!tomm Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: How many is quite a few Article-I.D.: crimson.1450 Posted: Thu Jan 27 13:24:06 1983 Received: Sun Jan 30 09:10:23 1983 Seen in the Dec 6, 1982 issue of Infoworld: Table of Absolute values for Common American Phrases Denoting Nonspecific Quantities (also called Ried's table) Common Phrase Absolute Value(s) One 1 Only one 1 A couple 2 to 4 A few 3 to 5 Quite a few 3 to 6 Several 3 to 9 Many 3 to 8 Most (eg. "most authorities") 4 to 6 Half a dozen 5 to 7 About a half dozen 4 to 8 A lot 6 to 10 Quite a lot 7 to 11 A whole lot 8 to 17 Ten 9 to 11 Around ten 7 to 13 A dozen 11 to 13 About a dozen 9 to 15 A bunch 8 to 15 A whole bunch 9 to 19 Two dozen 22 to 26 About two dozen 21 to 27 A few hundred 75 to 125 A couple of hundred 99 to 139 Two or three hundred 140 to 175 Half a million (concert promoters estimate of crowd size) 90,000 to 125,000 Most (expressed as a percentage) 10% to 20% A majority 50% + 1 A clear majority 51% A vast majority 52% to 60% An overwhelming majority 61% to 70% Almost all/everyone 71% to 75% Practically all/everyone 76% to 80% All/everyone 81% to 85% Absolutely all/everyone 86% to 90% 100% of those surveyed 91% to 95% Street value (narcotic agent's valuation) Divide by 100 to find actual figure.