I know that the English and the Americans have a few variations of words, but I wondered if a particular reason existed for mathamatics?
2007-06-29 02:49:59 · 11 answers · asked by Spawnee 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Quite right! Sorry typing error! I usually use spell check to make sure, must of rushed this question!
2007-06-29 03:09:21 · update #1
Crikey, I feel like I am back at school with people pointing out my grammar and spelling.
2007-06-29 08:31:35 · update #2
The British way is correct.. Mathematics has an s, so should Maths.
Even the spell checker wouldn't have told you that 'must of' is incorrect...it's 'must have'.
2007-06-29 05:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
In America, the subject is known only as math, never being referred to as mathematics. Many Americans will go to a fast food outlet and order 'a fry' instead of fries. Americans tend to use pluralisations a lot less than Britons. I have no idea why.
In Britain, the subject is known as mathematics but is usually contracted. The subject refers to plural disciplines so the contraction needs to be pluralised too.
2007-06-29 02:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I know some English says Math lessons.
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2007-06-29 02:53:39 · answer #3 · answered by rexxyellocat 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I just say -I have math-and if I had to choose one I would say math lessons beause when you say it with an s it sounds so weird because of the th at the end of the word
2007-06-29 02:56:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps it is because the subject area is that of 'Mathematics' rather than 'Mathematic', in the same way that one refers to the study of 'Physics' rather than 'Physic', and to 'Calisthenics' rather than 'Calisthenic'. However, I'm sure some one will come up with a logical answer for it being termed Math on the other side of the Atlantic!
2007-06-29 02:58:14 · answer #5 · answered by avian 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Because there is an S in EngliSh or even in BritiSh!
2007-06-29 02:53:27 · answer #6 · answered by lescenery 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Americans say, go to THE hospital, British say go to hospital. Americans say the team IS, British say the team ARE. Then of course bonnet=hood, windscreen=windshield, lorry=truck...English evolves in a lot of different parts of the world, it takes different courses of development, different forms because it is a growing and evolving language.
2007-06-29 02:56:11 · answer #7 · answered by jxt299 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There's an explanation on here:
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/15988
Makes sense as well!
2007-06-29 03:29:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because people in the UK need more than one lesson to learn about Euclid, algebra, trigonometry and arithmetic. In the USA they apparently only need one. One country, one mind, one foreign policy, one currency. America (aka USA) rules OK?
Only joking!
2007-06-29 05:37:17 · answer #9 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
By the way, it is Mathematics.
Yanks don't speak english, but a dialect
2007-06-29 02:59:22 · answer #10 · answered by Dios es amor 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋