On Thu., Mar. 24, 2022, 06:40 nIqolay Q, <niqolay0@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 3:51 PM Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:

FYI:  “NASA confirms more than 5,000 planets outside the solar system“
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2022/03/22/NASA-exoplanets-planets-5000/9631647971189/

 

[Can anyone think of a better way to say “at least 5,000”?]


I know that the canonical example of {rav} and {'aqroS} to specify a range used them both, but I would be extremely surprised if {rav} couldn't be used on its own like this for "at least" (and correspondingly {'aqroS} for "at most"). I suppose if you wanted to adhere to strict canon usage, you could do {rav vaghSaD yuQ 'aqroS 'ejyaH yuQ}.


There are canon examples of {rav} being used by itself to indicate a minimum:

{Hung buv rav: patlh Hut} "Classified Level 9 and Above" (Bird of Prey poster)

{nen rav: chorgh ben} "Ages 8 to adult" (Klingon Monopoly)

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