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2021-05-26, 03:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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what does " fully one half " mean ?
« Few diseases present greater difficulties in the way of diagnosis than malignant endocarditis, difficulties which in many cases are practically insurmountable. It is no disparagement to the many skilled physicians who have put their cases upon record to say that, in fully one-half the diagnosis was made post mortem. »
(William Osler, 1855)
what does fully one half mean? more than one half? no less than one half? just one half ?Awesome custom avatar made by Ceika
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2021-05-26, 04:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: what does " fully one half " mean ?
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2021-05-26, 04:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: what does " fully one half " mean ?
In this case they are talking about literally half of patients that were discovered to have endocarditis it was only discovered after they died from it. The fully is because that is a really bad statistic, like the 5% of US drivers involved in a traffic collision annually.
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2021-05-26, 10:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: what does " fully one half " mean ?
"One half" means "50%".
"Only one half" means "50%, which isn't much".
"Fully one half" means "50%, which is a lot!"The Curse of the House of Rookwood: Supernatural horror and family drama.
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2021-05-26, 10:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: what does " fully one half " mean ?
It's also probably meant as a clarification that this is truly one half, not approximately; 25/50 rather than 24/50 or what have you.
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2021-05-27, 12:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: what does " fully one half " mean ?
This would be my reading of it as a native British speaker. However, in general it mens that the author is prone to use unhelpful emphasis that leads confusion (yours in thsi case).
One of my pet annoyances is adverts saying "up to half price" which technically means nothing is more than half price but that is not what they are trying to say.
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2021-05-27, 04:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-05-27, 04:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-05-27, 04:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-05-27, 04:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: what does " fully one half " mean ?
Last edited by Peelee; 2021-05-27 at 04:47 PM.
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2021-05-27, 05:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-05-28, 12:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: what does " fully one half " mean ?
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2021-06-08, 07:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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