Donald Trump

[Citizen of Legoland]

What’s the study of the economy called when you’re at college or university? Or what about politics, linguistics, ethics, tactics, aesthetics etc.

And you may say not all of them have a shorter version but you’re into football yeah? How would you say the shortened version of statistics?

Mathematics is a plural as it covers lots of different topics, arithmetic, calculus, trigonometry, statistics and so on. Historically in printing when shortening long words the trend would have been to use an apostrophe to denote removed characters (from within the middle of the word) so we get to Math’s. with a full stop ending. People would originally read the word in full but laziness and familiarity with the contraction eventually lead to the abbreviation being spoken as written. And then the apostrophe gets lost.

 

[KS55]

No. Mathematics is singular. It describes a thing—a field of study—not many things. The S on the end doesn't indicate plurality.

Mathematics is a mass noun and usually takes a singular verb. You don't say mathematics 'are' my favorite subject.. You say "mathematics IS my favorite subject."
So when you shorten the noun, it's redundant to add the 's'.

That said, it's a preference thing. Americans and Canadians have the common sense to not add the 's' at the end since the whole point is to abbreviate... The English on the other hand do add it.. But it's just a preference. It's neither logical nor more correct.

If the whole point is to abbreviate, they should call it ‘m’

 

[KS55]

Mathematics is a plural as it covers lots of different topics, arithmetic, calculus, trigonometry, statistics and so on. Historically in printing when shortening long words the trend would have been to use an apostrophe to denote removed characters (from within the middle of the word) so we get to Math’s. with a full stop ending. People would originally read the word in full but laziness and familiarity with the contraction eventually lead to the abbreviation being spoken as written. And then the apostrophe gets lost.

THE LOST APOSTROPHE
Once upon a time, in the land of mathematics….

 

[Blue Maverick]

How fucking dare you, doesn't everyone keep a huge fuck off sledgehammer next to the sofa ffs

Is that the 3rd amendment they’ll never take our sledgehammers or is it sledge if if it’s singular ;)

 

[KS55]

Is that the 3rd amendment they’ll never take our sledgehammers or is it sledge if if it’s singular ;)

I keep a huge sledge by the sofa, am still waiting for snow.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Kamala: They're out of their minds!







Judge I rest my case..

Seems legit…

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

It’s maths, ya cunts.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

My Ashton Grammar English teacher (old Miss Greenwood) is rolling over in her grave, but my U.S. Uni Creative Writing teacher is impressed by both your example and salutation.

Haha literally an old school teacher.

For some reason I always preferred Miss Mathison. Her pants never left anything to the imagination, like a face pressed against a window (for non-AGS readers)

 

[bluethrunthru]

Happy dad.

I know - the "Happy Dad" sign cracked me up

 

[SWP's back]

One statistic
Two statistics

Statistics shortened to stats because it’s a plural.

Now, tell me again about Mathematics…

One mathematic??
Two mathematics??

Yes if someone was to check the mathematics, its would be check the maths.

That’s entirely my point.