[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Seeking Grammar Police Ruling - Math's

P. Alexis Nguyen alexisnguyen at gmail.com
Wed Jun 4 16:02:50 UTC 2008


bboyminn:
> Oddly, once again, my American Heritage dictionary shows
>SNIP<
> but no 'maths'. Though I suspect if I had an Oxford Dictionary
> things would be different.

Merriam-Webster (online because I don't own English-English
dictionaries) shows maths, saying that it's (1) chiefly British and
(2) function is "noun plural," which is in keeping with standard [US]
English conventions.

~Ali




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