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| | "I am taking 6 maths." or, "How many maths are you taking?" | | "I am taking 6 maths." or, "How many maths are you taking?" |
| | Frankly this lends itself more to erroneous word usage than to colloquial speech. - [[User:Mifdeath|Mifdeath]] 23:15, 29 May 2011 (UTC) | | Frankly this lends itself more to erroneous word usage than to colloquial speech. - [[User:Mifdeath|Mifdeath]] 23:15, 29 May 2011 (UTC) |
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| | + | == Feedback == |
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| | + | {{feedback-archived|text=== [[:maths]] == |
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| | + | Please provide a citation that there is actual colloquial usage of 'maths' in North America as the plural form of 'Math Course'. |
| | + | The term 'maths' is often mistakenly used as the plural for math, as a result of the speaker improperly assuming the plural of 'math' is 'maths' and ignoring the fact that 'mathematic' is the full word and therefore 'mathematics' is the correct plural form. |
| | + | British literature is rife with the usage of 'maths' as the plural to 'math course', however the same cannot be said about North American literature. Perhaps it's the geographical reference that is incorrect here. |
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| | + | *The terms {{term|math}} (US) and {{term|maths}} (UK) are short forms of the same singular word - {{term|mathematics}}. I don't believe that the word "maths" is ever used as a plural (anywhere). [[User:SemperBlotto|SemperBlotto]] 21:36, 29 May 2011 (UTC) |
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| | + | Currently the definition includes 'maths' as the colloquial usage for a plural form of 'math course'. This is what I am contesting. Under the second noun definition of 'maths' either the geographical reference is incorrect or the definition itself is incorrect. |
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| | + | I have come across the colloquial usage of 'maths' in North America, in mocking sarcastic usage when commenting on the poor mathematics skills of another person. However the usage is intended to be incorrect as it is intended to mock not correct. Eg. 'Their maths is no good.' Normally the term 'maths' in this usage is paired with intentional grammatic mistakes to accentuate the mocking tone of the sentence. |
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| | + | I copied and pasted the above into the discussion page under 'maths' [[User:Mifdeath|Mifdeath]] 22:16, 29 May 2011 (UTC)}} |
