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The thing that weirds me out about "mathematics are" is that it implies the possibility of there being a singular "mathematic".
by yellowapple 3y ago
The thing that weirds me out about "mathematics are" is that it implies the possibility of there being a singular "mathematic".
- jrockway 3y agoThat's fair. "scissors" is another weirdly plural word. It implies that there is a noun "scissor", but there isn't. (Verb, yes.)
- yellowapple 3y agoI guess it would be one of the two blades. Likewise, a pant would be one of the two legs of a pair of pants. Maybe a single mathematic would be a single concept/subject, like arithmetic or algebra?