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| From | Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech |
| Subject | Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution |
| Date | 2017-04-27 09:05 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <D52764E7.A1FEC%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink) |
| References | (18 earlier) <op.yywsof1ijs98qf@red.lan> <D51BCE79.A02F7%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <op.yzbpx4m8js98qf@red.lan> <D5267DA0.A1F20%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <z8nMA.62390$2g7.3284@fx30.iad> |
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On 4/27/17, 7:22 AM, in article z8nMA.62390$2g7.3284@fx30.iad, "Wolf K" <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote: >>>> <http://grammarist.com/spelling/math-maths/> >>>> ----- >>>> Math and maths are equally acceptable abbreviations of mathematics. >>>> The only difference is that math is preferred in the U.S. and >>>> Canada, and maths is preferred in the U.K., Australia, and most >>>> other English-speaking areas of the world. >>> >>> Yip, America fucked it up, the resst of us speak proper English. >> >> There is that level of arrogance in people of many areas where they think >> their way is the only right way. The thing with language is it is "alive" >> and changing always. >> >>>> Neither abbreviation is correct or incorrect. >>> >>> The language is English, not American, we get to decide what's right. >> >> Decide for whom? >> >>>> You may hear arguments >>>> for one being superior to the other, and there are logical cases for >>>> both sides. One could argue maths is better because mathematics ends >>>> in s, and one could argue math is better because mathematics is just >>>> a mass noun that happens to end in s. >>> >>> How many branches of maths are there? 1? More than one? >> >> There are many branches of math but I do not have an exact number. > > Not only that, if you specialise in one of them (say knots, which has > applications in biology), you probably know very little other math. Right. Really the same with any field... get a bunch of computer experts or doctors or mechanics in the same area and their fields of expertise will likely not overlap a great deal. They will often have the basics of that field, but even there they may very well disagree. >>>> In any case, English usage is rarely guided by logic, >>> >>> Not in backward countries like America anyway. >> >> You can pretend it is different elsewhere. I am OK with that. > > JWS is just poking the anthill. Of course. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again. <https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308>
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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-26 23:26 +0100
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-26 16:38 -0700
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-27 10:22 -0400
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-27 09:05 -0700
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