"was" considered?... In French, traditionally, the inequality signs do not include the verb to be; that is how I learned it some 40 years ago. Thus "<" is "pl

"was" considered?... In French, traditionally, the inequality signs do not include the verb to be; that is how I learned it some 40 years ago. Thus "<" is "plus petit que" although some people nowadays would take it to include the verb to be as in "est plus petit que", mimicking the English usage. See https://cegepadistance.ca/sous-site/En_route_vers_la_reussite/pdf/fiche_symboles_utiles.pdf https://cegepadistance.ca/sous-site/En_route_vers_la_reussit... to see that it is still how it is used in French today.