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Yoong Liat
 
Reply Sun 25 Nov, 2007 12:56 pm
Maths is difficult for me. " or " Maths is difficult to me. " ?

I was taught 'to', but I believe it should be 'for'. Am I right?

Many thanks.
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Joe Nation
 
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Reply Sun 25 Nov, 2007 02:00 pm
yes
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Mame
 
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Reply Sun 25 Nov, 2007 06:48 pm
I agree with Joe.

Maths is difficult to me... I don't know why anyone would tell you that's correct.
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Yoong Liat
 
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Reply Sun 25 Nov, 2007 10:49 pm
Mame wrote:
I agree with Joe.

Maths is difficult to me... I don't know why anyone would tell you that's correct.


In Singapore, our teachers tend to follow what was taught by their teachers without questioning them. That's the reason.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Mon 26 Nov, 2007 12:16 am
The word "maths" is plural. How can the sentence possibly be correct if the subject is plural and the verb is singular?
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Yoong Liat
 
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Reply Mon 26 Nov, 2007 03:16 am
Roberta wrote:
The word "maths" is plural. How can the sentence possibly be correct if the subject is plural and the verb is singular?


Maths is the short form for mathematics in BrE, while 'math' is the short form in AmE.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 26 Nov, 2007 03:33 am
Roberta wrote:
The word "maths" is plural. How can the sentence possibly be correct if the subject is plural and the verb is singular?


Roberta, I've never to my knowledge disagreed with you before. Embarrassed

I believe mathematics, like kinetics etc, to be a singular noun. In practice.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Mon 26 Nov, 2007 04:07 am
McTag wrote:
Roberta wrote:
The word "maths" is plural. How can the sentence possibly be correct if the subject is plural and the verb is singular?


Roberta, I've never to my knowledge disagreed with you before. Embarrassed

I believe mathematics, like kinetics etc, to be a singular noun. In practice.



There's a first time for everything, McTag. I'm unfamiliar with the usage of maths. Hey, I'm an American. We say "math." Shoulda kept my mouth shut.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 26 Nov, 2007 04:10 am
Smile Okay.

Logistics, statistics, gymnastics, any more?

Eurythmics, euphonics, callisthenics, ooh I'm getting dizzy.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Mon 26 Nov, 2007 04:13 am
Not sure I agree with statistics. But I'm not going to argue. I schlump away.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 26 Nov, 2007 05:44 am
Well, you can study physics. A fine discipline. Is statistics not the same?

Debatable. You could argue for both:

"The statistics show that......" same as "the figures...." is plural, yes.

Depends what you mean in this case.
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