Why do some people say "maths" instead of "math"? Is this the way it is pronounced in European countries?
1 Answer
Jul 28, 2016
See explanation.
Explanation:
They say so because the full word also ends with a letter 's'. Some names of sciences (or their branches) derived from Latin end with 's'; yet they are still treated as singular noun. You can say: Physics is a difficult science.
The examples are:
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mathematics
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physics
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dynamics