[HPforGrownups] Britishims

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 160646

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> Nikkalmati:
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> Also, in British is Maths really a plural or is this a joke?  I have  only
> heard it used in the singular, although there may a use which I have
> not  heard
> - in reference to different types of math (such as calculus
> vs.  geometry).


montims:
As a Brit in America, I always have a problem with the word "math".  As
maths is short for mathematics, it would follow that math is short for
mathematic, which sounds (insofar as it is a non-existent word) like an
adjective rather than a noun.  I am a bit picky with words, and my brain
always extends a diminutive to its longer version, so something like that
pains me.  (As does the greengrocer's apostrophe, and "your" for "you're",
"it's" for "its", etc...)  I, of course, make my fair share of typos, so
don't have a problem with that...


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