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Zol
Lv 7
Zol asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 3 years ago

Why is maths plural in the UK, yet singular in America?

UK - maths

America - math

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    3 years ago
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    It's just another way of abbreviating mathematics. Math is a straight up truncation of the word whilst maths follows the "rules" that a plural is marked in the abbreviation, like nos is an abbreviation for "numbers" (no = singular), even if we now think of mathematics in the singular. They're just conventions that got standardised differently. Both versions have a long history.

  • 3 years ago

    I have no idea

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