Commentary for Yevamot 164:8

והא נושא קתני וליטעמיך מאי אבל לא נישא אלא מאי נישא דיעבד נושא נמי דיעבד

Does not this mean that the greater part must remain?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., se'ah after se'ah of unsuitable liquid may be added and an equal quantity of the mixture may be successively removed only until a minimum of twenty-one se'ah of suitable water remains in the bath. Should there remain less, so that the suitable liquid no longer represents the greater part of the mixture, the bath would become ritually unfit. This (the unsuitability of certain liquids in a ritual bath being only a Rabbinical provision) proves that according to R. Johanan an excess is required even in the case of Rabbinical ordinances! ');">¹⁵</span> — No; that the greater part must not be removed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If only half of the suitable water remained the unsuitable liquid is neutralized, no excess being required. ');">¹⁶</span>

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