I dove a little deeper into that article. That's sort of a survey ranking.
When you test our kids we are a little above average in reading and below average in math.
The testing is what should matter..
Well that's not very good English is it!
It's maths not math.
Unless you go to the bar and say can I have two beer?
Is it reading or readings? 😉
I've often wondered why Americans pronounce things so differently. Tomaayto instead of tomato. Vayse for vase. As for math, as that's short for mathematics and not mathematic, then maths is correct.
Magica said
Sep 24 10:23 PM, 2024
Why do Americans say we dove, we say we dived. Why are things said so different.
Maddog said
Sep 24 11:26 PM, 2024
Digger wrote:
Maddog wrote:
jackb wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Regarding education statistics, I think it depends on where you look.
I dove a little deeper into that article. That's sort of a survey ranking.
When you test our kids we are a little above average in reading and below average in math.
The testing is what should matter..
Well that's not very good English is it!
It's maths not math.
Unless you go to the bar and say can I have two beer?
Is it reading or readings? 😉
I've often wondered why Americans pronounce things so differently. Tomaayto instead of tomato. Vayse for vase. As for math, as that's short for mathematics and not mathematic, then maths is correct.
Because the vast majority of immigrants here came from non English speaking countries. As they learned the language they improved on it. 😉
Maddog said
Sep 24 11:27 PM, 2024
Magica wrote:
Why do Americans say we dove, we say we dived. Why are things said so different.
I imagine the same reason we say we drove vs we drived. 🤷♂️
Maddog said
Sep 24 11:29 PM, 2024
jackb wrote:
Maddog wrote:
jackb wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Regarding education statistics, I think it depends on where you look.
I dove a little deeper into that article. That's sort of a survey ranking.
When you test our kids we are a little above average in reading and below average in math.
The testing is what should matter..
Well that's not very good English is it!
It's maths not math.
Unless you go to the bar and say can I have two beer?
Is it reading or readings? 😉
Do you say I'm studying mathematic?
Do you say I'm studying arithmetics? 😉
No because arithmetic is just one single branch of mathematics.
jackb said
Sep 25 1:26 AM, 2024
mathematics summary
Among the principal branches of mathematics are algebra, analysis, arithmetic, combinatorics, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, game theory, number theory, numerical analysis, optimization, probability, set theory, statistics, topology, and trigonometry. www.britannica.com/summary/mathematics
Webster has a lot to answer for but he was simplifying the language because there was a lot of uneducated peasantry from all over the UK and Europe and beyond who needed everything simplifying to help make things work.
Magica said
Sep 25 3:00 AM, 2024
Maddog wrote:
Magica wrote:
Why do Americans say we dove, we say we dived. Why are things said so different.
I imagine the same reason we say we drove vs we drived. 🤷♂️
We say we drove too, not always drived.
As in, we drove to the shop. Not we drived to the shop.
Maddog said
Sep 25 3:01 AM, 2024
I'll start saying maths when y'all start saying sports..
He'll never live this down.
That'll be his legacy
What a fucking wiener!
Well that's not very good English is it!
It's maths not math.
Unless you go to the bar and say can I have two beer?
Is it reading or readings? 😉
Do you say I'm studying mathematic?
Brilliant!
Mads the other Americanism that I hear often is... I could care less... and I think well go on then!
Correctly it should be I couldn't care less but I'm really not the person who should be trying to teach anyone English!!
What an idiot that man is. He referred to Sunak as the PM last week when he was replying to him in PM's questions.
The man's becoming a comedian!
I've often wondered why Americans pronounce things so differently. Tomaayto instead of tomato. Vayse for vase. As for math, as that's short for mathematics and not mathematic, then maths is correct.
Because the vast majority of immigrants here came from non English speaking countries. As they learned the language they improved on it. 😉
I imagine the same reason we say we drove vs we drived. 🤷♂️
Do you say I'm studying arithmetics? 😉
No because arithmetic is just one single branch of mathematics.
Among the principal branches of mathematics are algebra, analysis, arithmetic, combinatorics, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, game theory, number theory, numerical analysis, optimization, probability, set theory, statistics, topology, and trigonometry.
www.britannica.com/summary/mathematics
Webster has a lot to answer for but he was simplifying the language because there was a lot of uneducated peasantry from all over the UK and Europe and beyond who needed everything simplifying to help make things work.
We say we drove too, not always drived.
As in, we drove to the shop. Not we drived to the shop.