Blueintheballs: So yanks study mathematic, right?

No, we study mathematics as well. It's just that we identify plural nouns correctly, and when constructing abbreviated forms we do not assume that any old trailing "s" means that a noun is plural.

For example, would you say "The study of mathematics are..." or "The study of mathematics is...". If you choose "is" over "are" then you're treating "mathematics" as a singular noun and the abbreviated form would likewise not be plural.

/ To be fair, the plurality of "mathematics" has been a matter of some debate for centuries.

SoothinglyDeranged: AKTurkey: She joined the Navy in 1995 with a degree in maths.

Why not spellings or histories?

It's a British thing to refer to it as Maths instead of just Math. The Brits be crazy like that.

So yanks study mathematic, right?

profplump: For example, would you say "The study of mathematics are..." or "The study of mathematics is...". If you choose "is" over "are" then you're treating "mathematics" as a singular noun and the abbreviated form would likewise not be plural.

No.

/oblig :)

I'd torpedo her stern.

FirstNationalBastard: zzrhardy: profplump: t's just that we identify plural nouns correctly....

When your simplified English language had deteriorated into a hybrid of hillbilly, valleygirl, inner-city slang and various grunts, don't presume to correct people who still speak proper English.

Thanks.

Actually, haven't there been articles stating that America's version of English is actually closer to that mythical "real" English than what the Brits currently use?

When I am not being snarky I use a very simple system: don't correct people who are using the proper English for their locality.

zzrhardy: profplump: t's just that we identify plural nouns correctly....

When your simplified English language had deteriorated into a hybrid of hillbilly, valleygirl, inner-city slang and various grunts, don't presume to correct people who still speak proper English.

Thanks.

Considering that the closest to historic english you can get is found in the coastal Carolinas, STFU

After training as a warfare officer, she served on HMS Sheffield in the Middle East...

Didn't the Argies sink her?

Well, at least that ship commander will ask for directions if she gets lost, and she has plenty of men on board if they need to parallel park that rascal

Shirley Ujest: Has someone woth a degree in liberal arts ever commanded anything?

Well I don't think you're going to get the chance any time soon.......

However, a brief bit of googling:

LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT C. HINSON

1970 Bachelor of science degree in education, University of Tennessee
1977 Master of arts degree in humanities and education, Arkansas State University
May 1999 - June 2000, Commander, 14th Air Force, and Component Commander, U.S. Air Force Space Operations, U.S. Space Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
June 2000 April 2002, Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
April 2002 present, Vice Commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

profplump: t's just that we identify plural nouns correctly....

When your simplified English language had deteriorated into a hybrid of hillbilly, valleygirl, inner-city slang and various grunts, don't presume to correct people who still speak proper English.

Thanks.

badgerb: Blueintheballs: SoothinglyDeranged: AKTurkey: She joined the Navy in 1995 with a degree in maths.

Why not spellings or histories?

It's a British thing to refer to it as Maths instead of just Math. The Brits be crazy like that.

So yanks study mathematic, right?

Well played sir.

*Tips hat*

profplump: Blueintheballs: So yanks study mathematic, right?

No, we study mathematics as well. It's just that we identify plural nouns correctly, and when constructing abbreviated forms we do not assume that any old trailing "s" means that a noun is plural.

For example, would you say "The study of mathematics are..." or "The study of mathematics is...". If you choose "is" over "are" then you're treating "mathematics" as a singular noun and the abbreviated form would likewise not be plural.

/ To be fair, the plurality of "mathematics" has been a matter of some debate for centuries.

I can see your point. There's no right and wrong when it comes to this organic language we use. Though I do personally consider maths as a plural containing different subsets such as algebra, calculus, arithmetic etc.

AKTurkey: She joined the Navy in 1995 with a degree in maths.

Why not spellings or histories?

Because in the UK they study "mathematics", not "mathematic" (whatever that is).

SoothinglyDeranged: AKTurkey: She joined the Navy in 1995 with a degree in maths.

Why not spellings or histories?

It's a British thing to refer to it as Maths instead of just Math. The Brits be crazy like that.

Because we do mathematics.

She joined the Navy in 1995 with a degree in maths.

Why not spellings or histories?