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Charlie Foley

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Well if huge doesn't then by your logic the winner is - tiny
No. Neither have to have a set numerical value or range. There is a difference between these words and, for example, majority/minority.

Let’s say we find out 100 million Americans eat glue-that may be a pastime you know well. “A huge number of Americans eat glue” or “a huge portion of the country eat glue” would make sense as sentences there. By your insistence (because it’s certainly not logic), as that is less than half of the US population we would have to say “a tiny portion of the country eat glue.”
 

Eckers99

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but what have the Romans ever done for us?
Exactly - you just know that their meetings are exactly like Life of Brian.
It's the only explanation for the squeaky voice shouting, "Smart meters!"
 

Paul the Wolf

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No. Neither have to have a set numerical value or range. There is a difference between these words and, for example, majority/minority.

Let’s say we find out 100 million Americans eat glue-that may be a pastime you know well. “A huge number of Americans eat glue” or “a huge portion of the country eat glue” would make sense as sentences there. By your insistence (because it’s certainly not logic), as that is less than half of the US population we would have to say “a tiny portion of the country eat glue.”
I'll leave it you to fill in the blank: the .... number of Americans who don't eat glue, bearing in mind there's 225m of them.
 

Raulduke

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Yellow vest activist James Goddard arrested after protest

The yellow vest activist James Goddard has been arrested on suspicion of assault.

The 29-year-old was detained on Wednesday by Greater Manchester police on suspicion of assault and public order offences

A GMP spokeswoman said: “This morning police arrested a man aged 29 on suspicion of assault and public order offences, following a protest in Manchester city centre on Saturday 9 February 2019. He remains in custody for questioning.”