BiMGuy
LIV Bot, (But Not As Big As Mel) ?
You’ve more chance of making making contact with the dead at a Séance ?
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You’ve more chance of making making contact with the dead at a Séance ?
YandaB
Newbie
They don't get paid if they're not ?
drdel
Tour Rookie
Is that what they call "soft porn"?
Slime
Tour Winner
The word maths should, surely, have an apostrophe.
It should be math's.
It should be math's.
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Getting all excited about your festive wrap (assuming it was turkey, stuffing and cranberry) only to find out it was plant based substitute!
Fuming!
Fuming!
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Every week or so more information comes out from the Lucy letby trail. It just turns my stomach every time.
How could this happen. I doubt we will ever know the true numbers either.
Just shocking.
How could this happen. I doubt we will ever know the true numbers either.
Just shocking.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Why does the maid have to iron everything with the iron set to 'Melt' setting & still not get creases out... and how on earth is the iron covered in limescale/calcium when she's only supposed to use bottled water in it!
HeftyHacker
Well-known member
Ooooh I'll bite - isn't it short for mathematics? Whereas an apostrophe would signify it belonged to maths since it isn't the constriction of two words like you see in that's (that is) or isn't (is not)?
Does the confusion lie when someone say "that's maths"? Are they saying "that's mathamatics's", or should they really be adding a the to create "that's the mathematics"?? I feel like it should be the latter.
Can anyone more linguistically and grammatically intelligent than I confirm?
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Guest
I confirm........I think ?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Being a mathematician ? I can’t think of a scenario when I’d say that something ‘belongs’ to mathematics in an ‘ownership‘ way thereby necessitating the use of an apostrophe. So for instance…’statistics is not it’s own thing, it’s mathematics’s’…nah - it’s just mathematics.
bobmac
Major Champion
99% of the time it's not maths or math's or even worse, math, it's just arithmetic
Bdill93
Undisputed King of FOMO
BiMGuy
LIV Bot, (But Not As Big As Mel) ?
Outlook really should ask if you are sure ? before allowing you to reply to all ?
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
For consistency we should take the first syllable only and retain the final 's'.
mathematics = maths
economics = ecs
gymnastics = gyms
physics = physs
aerobics = aers
pedantics = peds
mathematics = maths
economics = ecs
gymnastics = gyms
physics = physs
aerobics = aers
pedantics = peds
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
It should when I have just copied John's sitting next to me.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
This is true.
The other 1% consists mainly,
Algebra
Geometry
Trigonometry
Calculus
Probability and Statistics
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
Evil...hard to comprehend.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Yeah our maid drives me mad as well. Usually saying things like "stop calling me the maid I'm your ***** wife!"Real first world problems here!
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
My wife looked offended when I offered to get a cleaner in .. now she loves her lol frees her up and does a better job than I can
Bdill93
Undisputed King of FOMO
Honestly, I got home to my sons nanny last night just sat on the sofa "not feeling well" and my little boy roaming the floor creating a right mess!
Oh did I say nanny.. I meant wife too...
