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Maths vs Math
26199 Started conversation Aug 31, 1999
According to the FAQ of an newsgroup on the english language (which I can't quite remember the name of at the moment) states that if an abbreviation does not end with the same letter of the word it's an abbreviaton of, it should have a dot after it.
So, 's either maths with no dot or math. with a dot.
Um.... (is getting a terrible feeling the editors were being sarcastic). *Shrug*, ah well, you get what you ask for, eh?
Maths vs Math
cafram - in the states. Posted Sep 1, 1999
mmm - My English teacher goes ON and ON about that.
Math sounds wrong anyway!!
Bouncy bouncy. 
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Loz Posted Sep 1, 1999
Simple. Math sounds wrong, and mathematics is a plural so so should the abbreviation be.
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Math - Playing Devil's Advocate Posted Jan 9, 2003
And anyway Math is me 
Math (check my space for a bit more on the name, but it really mine not the subjects 
)
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