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blunder1983
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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 Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject: card or cards? |
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Hi guys,
I'm doing a "grammar auction" next week and I have 15 or so incorrect sentences. I was showing them to my co teacher today and he didn't see anything wrong with "Let's play a game of card".
I told him cards are countable and therefore the error is the missing 's' however, recently I found out from my american buddy that u lot say Math instead of Maths (which I've been correcting in one girls diary) and was curious if its another american twist on our language! 
So right or wrong? |
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capebretoncanadian
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| cards............and Math.....cards countable..Math not |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:38 am Post subject: |
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| capebretoncanadian wrote: |
| cards............and Math.....cards countable..Math not |
Bollox.
Math is a (US) abbreviation of mathematics and hence plural: in English the equivalent is maths (strictly, math's I suppose, as it's an abbreviation).
Of course, whether math, maths or mathematics is countable is a moot point.  |
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sheba
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 3:26 am Post subject: |
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Math and Maths are an abreviation for the same word 'mathematics' but they are just said differently by different people. As far as I know both are correct.
Its lets play a card game. Or, lets play a game of cards. There are many cards not just one. |
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blunder1983
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:20 am Post subject: |
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Groovy just checking I wasnt in the wrong.
Maths and Math are one and the same, saying Maths is incorrect is likeus brits saying color is incorrect.  |
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mysteriousdeltarays
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: Food Pyramid Bldg. 5F, 77 Sunset Strip, Alphaville
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:35 am Post subject: |
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| Cards are indeed countable. Surprisingly so. |
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