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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Because it's the short form of "mathematics"

Although typically I've seen the UK call it maths and North Americans call it math.

[–] RandomWalker 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Is the ending s kept on abbreviations of other singular nouns ending in s? Or is that unique to maths?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I would say we disagree with the premise of the question. Mathematics is not a singular noun. It's a plural. It's the field of all mathematics. Therefore you preserve the "s" because you abbreviate the singular and re-pluralise it.

So somebody in the UK might (not commonally) say "it's a math(matic) concept", but more likely to say "it's a concept from math(ematic)s" or "it's a mathematical concept".

[–] RandomWalker 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

That’s interesting. What about talking about it as a subject or a class? Would you say maths are my favorite subject(s?) in school? Maths are my favorite class?

[–] insaneinthemembrane 1 points 6 months ago

Good one, no way say maths is... I guess it's the subject of mathematics is my favourite.

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