right now bare with me here, i have a very unique talent (or so ive been told lol), i can take a lot of info and remember it, i can compare it and see similarities in different versions of the same story

 

its a bit like detectives, they have the same abaility to remember certain patterns of certain things

 

ive noticed lately that the word seven has been used but in a lot of different ways, just like my title, it is used in many different variations but is still reffering to the numeral 7

 

an example may be "gunshots have been heard and witnesses say that up to several shots were fired"

 

it is used all the time, now you will read this and think im more of an idiot than normal (well atleast upto 7 people will think this), but if you can try and remember the number 7 and see how many times in one week you hear it

 

p.s, if your a person who doesnt read or watch much of the news you wont see it as much but im sure the next time the number 7 comes up you will start to remember it

Several normally refers to 3 mate not 7 :whistling:

pmsl, this isnt american pie lol

i thought that too as in several just means more than one? please dont say it does not lol it took ages for the last person to convince me :rofl:

 

after more than 10mins convo was upon the lines of> so several has nout to do with the number seven at all? :confused1:

Several normally refers to 3 mate not 7 :whistling:

 

i thought 3 was a few and several was 3 to 5:confused:

i thought several was just 7 1 after 6 and one before 8?

:helpsmilie: now i am confused :turned:

 

i think Bri is right though or thats how it was explained to me :thumbup:

sev·er·al Adjective /ˈsev(ə)rəl/

Synonyms:

adjective: various, different, separate, distinct, individual, sundry, diverse, some, particular, divers

adverb: rather, upward, more

Separate or respective

the two levels of government sort out their several responsibilities

Applied or regarded separately

sev·er·al Determiner Pronoun /ˈsev(ə)rəl/

More than two but not many

the author of several books

Van Gogh was just one of several artists who gathered at Auvers

several of his friends attended

According to wiki Several means a number of 2 - 3 and less than 20 but doesn't refer to the number 7.

 

I've always taken it as meaning 3.

the word several apperently eqauits to more than 3 or 5???

 

maybe it's because people get confused with the word several and the number 7?

 

just seems its used a lot lately and i have noticed it has been used on more than several occasions? lol

stella does the same apply when somebody i knows buys a certain make of car, never noticed them previously but once said person buys one i see the bloody things everywhere!!

I thought it was sevens plural for years but you learn somin new everyday did not know it on as much level as wiki put it though

possibly gaz, i can see your point, but why would i all of a sudden start to recognise the word or number seven everywhere i go

 

maybe something prominent has happened and the symbol 7 was used and i didnt realise at the time?

i must admit i thought i would have got the piss took out of me lol

 

cheers people

nahhh its a valid point your putting across mate and where all mates here anyway ;)

 

im still a little confused on the several bit though :rofl: