Rupert Murdoch, the patriarch, has moved to change the family’s irrevocable trust to preserve his media businesses as a conservative force. Several of his children are fighting back.

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    Several of his children are fighting back.

    He has 6 children.

    When several is used, i would assume it’s more than half of the children.

    So, either 4 or 5 of his 6 children are protesting.

    Edit: 5 would be most of his children.

    It has to be 4.

    • @[email protected]
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      i love depicting language this way to decipher meaning but in reality most people don’t all abide by the same set of rigid rules that i want them to.

      this is certainly reasonable, though.

      • AlexanderESmith
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        • A couple: 2
        • A few: 3-4
        • A handful: 5 (because fingers)
        • A bunch: 6
        • Several: Exactly 7, always.
        • A number: 8-9
        • A whole bunch: 10 -20

        That’s about it off the top of my head.

        • @johsny
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          • A lot: 20 to 100
          • A shitload: 100-1000
          • A fuckton: >1000
          • @Branch_Ranch
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            My favorite unit of measurement is a grip. “The old lady next door has a grip of cats”

    • @humorlessrepost
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      On Survivor, several is seven. Secret child confirmed?