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You still have to say "thirty seven", or mentally say "three times ten plus seven", before you do the calculation.
by cellis 18y ago
You still have to say "thirty seven", or mentally say "three times ten plus seven", before you do the calculation.
- interestedparty 18y agoI think his point, however, was that even an exclusive English speaker can communicate (in writing) arithmetic calculations without involving English. You don't have to 'mentally say' anything in English, so the inefficiency is mitigated.