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The original word has a plurality to it; I think it is we who did violence to "maths".
by stablemap 9y ago
The original word has a plurality to it; I think it is we who did violence to "maths".
- awkwarddaturtle 9y agoNo. Go watch the video Houshalter linked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbZCECvoaTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbZCECvoaTA The sensible and correct shortening is math. That's how it was originally shortened to. The brits went off-kilter in the 1900s and added the s to math. Everyone, including brits, say mathematics IS difficult. Nobody says mathematics ARE difficult.
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