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Random thought: should they be “decreasingly negative numbers,” since technically moving left of 0 is a decrease?
by koprulusector 3y ago
Random thought: should they be “decreasingly negative numbers,” since technically moving left of 0 is a decrease?
- codetrotter 3y agoPossibly. To me, sign and absolute value are often separate concerns. The series 1, 2, 3, … is increasingly positive. The series -1, -2, -3, … is increasingly negative. But I understand, and accept, that others may think differently about numbers.
- MobiusHorizons 3y agoI think you could probably say either decreasing or increasingly negative, but not decreasingly negative, because that would describe a sequence that starts from a negative number and moves towards zero (but hasn’t gotten there yet)
- noam_k 3y agoI would argue that using the -ly suffix here is wrong: The series 1, 2, 3 is increasing (and) positive. The series -1, -2, -3 is decreasing negative. The series -3, -2, -1 is increasing negative. Edit: formatting
- lmm 3y agoNo. They may be decreasing, but they're not "decreasingly negative", quite the opposite.