Would you rather that they used ‘Math’?Miguelito wrote:Does "Maths" count as one or two mistakes?
I used ‘Maths’ all the way through my school career - the subject was never called Mathematics.
Post by ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ » Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:59 am
Would you rather that they used ‘Math’?Miguelito wrote:Does "Maths" count as one or two mistakes?
Post by ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:08 am
So Maths shouldn’t be capitalised? Then given that, I assume English also shouldn’t be capitalised given that it refers to the subject and not the nationality?pedros wrote:Damn I didn't even spot the capital M for maths (maths is fine, only yanks say math).
The smoke break is correct.
Post by pedros » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:10 am
English is a proper noun, it is the nationality and language of the people from England.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:So Maths shouldn’t be capitalised? Then given that, I assume English also shouldn’t be capitalised given that it refers to the subject and not the nationality?pedros wrote:Damn I didn't even spot the capital M for maths (maths is fine, only yanks say math).
The smoke break is correct.
I would probably have capitalised Maths and English - but then I don’t work in the TEFL sector. I can only aspire to those levels.
Post by kansaicanuck » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:17 am
If we waiting for someone to pick us up at 8 O'clock and we both know it's around 8 o'clock and you ask me the time, I would say " quarter to". Answering "a quarter to" sounds clumsy to me if it were 7:45.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:I know it’s maybe not technically wrong but ‘quarter to’ in stead of ‘a quarter to’ sounds clumsy and unnatural.
Post by Playboy » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:29 am
Plus when people say 'Math(s)' they are usually referring to arithmetic and not mathematicspedros wrote:Damn I didn't even spot the capital M for maths (maths is fine, only yanks say math).
The smoke break is correct.
Post by ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:34 am
TBH that whole post from you sounds clumsy and unnatural.kansaicanuck wrote:If we waiting for someone to pick us up at 8 O'clock and we both know it's around 8 o'clock and you ask me the time, I would say " quarter to". Answering "a quarter to" sounds clumsy to me if it were 7:45.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:I know it’s maybe not technically wrong but ‘quarter to’ in stead of ‘a quarter to’ sounds clumsy and unnatural.
Post by kansaicanuck » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:47 am
Its quite hard to express myself with interpretive pantomime online.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:TBH that whole post from you sounds clumsy and unnatural.kansaicanuck wrote:If we waiting for someone to pick us up at 8 O'clock and we both know it's around 8 o'clock and you ask me the time, I would say " quarter to". Answering "a quarter to" sounds clumsy to me if it were 7:45.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:I know it’s maybe not technically wrong but ‘quarter to’ in stead of ‘a quarter to’ sounds clumsy and unnatural.
Post by epidemiks » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:56 am
Post by Lucky Lucan » Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:47 pm
I've always thought using "a" was more correct, but could be dropped in fast answers. It might just be an American English/ Real English type of thing, like "math/ maths". As long as the text is consistent in using one or the other I don't think that's important. The times are the real screw up to me - having a shower before getting up, the two lunches, the mysterious smoke break etc. That's going to confuse the fuck out of a lot of kids, when you're young you tend to believe that stuff printed in officially-approved books is going to be correct.epidemiks wrote:I'd add an a, usually. It's without the a sounds awkward to me. Similar to the American way of not saying and after hundreds, "Three thousand, two hundred twenty" vs. "Three thousand, two hundred and twenty"
Post by violet » Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:04 pm
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