Re: Why sci.math?

Jim Spriggs <jim.sprigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> "Jesse F. Hughes" wrote:
>
>> So, near as I can figger, the trailing "s" isn't justified on grounds
>> of plurality.
>
> 'tis justified on grounds of long-standing usage; like so much else in
> natural language.

Of course. Nothing wrong with that. Language *is* idiosyncratic,
after all.

(Though, it's a bit funny when Robin Chapman claims the "s" in maths
is natural, since mathematics ends in an "s". As if there's some
obvious fact that shortenings of s-ending words should also end in
"s".)
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