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0 pointscpfohl0y ago0 comments

Ooh! Perfect opportunity to ask a question I’ve definitely not spent an inordinate amount of time wondering about without bothering to look for an answer!

Is maths in British English plural? Like, should that be “the maths say”?

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matteason0y ago

It's always "maths" not "math" but we'd always say "the maths says" and I've never questioned it until right now

timthorn0y ago

It's still singular. Maths is just a contraction of mathematics, but without an apostrophe.

cpfohlOP0y ago

Thanks! Now I have more questions, but they're better. This is good progress.

speerer0y ago

Just like "the science says" (but unlike "the English say" ;) ).

chupasaurus0y ago

Mathematics is uncountable (:

dullcrisp0y ago

And dense!

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