plural and singular nouns

Question

the problem is that cats and dogs have 's' at their endings so they are plural, but then why does my spanish teacher tells me that mathematics will also be called plural even when english and other subjects be considered singular?

Matemáticas does end in "s" so why is it hard to recognize as plural. Just think of it as algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, all lumped together into the "maths". - 0074b507, Sep 11, 2011

Answer 1

In many other countries what we call "math" is referred to as "maths". It's really all just short for mathematics, which is plural. The US is the only country lazy enough to drop the "s". I would guess that mathematics is plural because of how all encompassing it is and how many subcategories there are under that title. It would be silly NOT to refer to it as plural. But maybe it's just growing up in Canada that's got me thinking as such...

Answer 2

mathematics

I suppose you are saying this because abbreviation this would be math in your country, in England it is maths.

And matemáticas is plural in Spanish just like perros y gatos, I don't find your question very clear, maybe you can clarify

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