UK 'in denial' over pluralization of the word 'math'.
It's not a plural, it's a contraction of mathematics. Curiously I think Americas still say they study physics.
Do you take Econ 101 in England or Econs 101?
US 'in denial' over poor maths standards
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Re: US 'in denial' over poor maths standards
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
The evidence is not on your side. http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/04/07/study-no-link-betw... You can downvote me but you still have no evidence for your beliefs.
I actually can't downvote you. And I wouldn't. Downvoting without responding is cowardly, or at least not conducive to the aim of a civilized discussion. Its the Hacker News equivalent to anonymous hate mail. They are like rumors, and lead to distrust and aversion to frank debate, everything we should try and avoid. If someone downvotes a comment that is ultimately upvoted, the downvotes should be reassessed against…
I don't mean to be uncivil.
The claim that low-income students suffer because they are less likely to have families that enrich them is probably not as true as you seem to think.
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2010/11/the_science_of.h...
Re: US 'in denial' over poor maths standards
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not a plural, it's a contraction of mathematics. Curiously I think Americas still say they study physics.
Do you take Econ 101 in England or Econs 101?
I was racking my brain trying to think of an another example. It would be Econ and Home Economics is "Home Ec".