I use math as a verb quite often. It was nice to discover through Erin's TED Talk that I've been using functional shift all along in changing the part of speech of a common word. I teach English and decided one day that I had earned the right to use any word in whatever way I wanted or needed. I encourage students to do the same--surely we have the right as we're all experts in the English language.
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mary.marcotte commented on the word math
math v. to solve a problem using mathematics. The only way I can math these numbers is by using a calculator.
June 2, 2016
mary.marcotte commented on the user mary.marcotte
I use math as a verb quite often. It was nice to discover through Erin's TED Talk that I've been using functional shift all along in changing the part of speech of a common word. I teach English and decided one day that I had earned the right to use any word in whatever way I wanted or needed. I encourage students to do the same--surely we have the right as we're all experts in the English language.
June 2, 2016