|
ESL Forum:
Techniques and methods
in Language Teaching
Games, activities
and teaching ideas
Grammar and
Linguistics
Teaching material
Concerning
worksheets
Concerning
powerpoints
Concerning online
exercises
Make suggestions,
report errors
Ask for help
Message board
|
ESL forum >
Ask for help > A DOUBT....
A DOUBT....
|
mabevi
|
A DOUBT....
|
|
Hi dear all, my question is: What is the difference between MINUS and LESS?
I know that words have the same meaning in Maths... but is correct when I say:
3 LESS 2 equal: 1 or 3 MINUS 2 equal:1 Can you help me, please.... Thanks |
13 Mar 2010
|
|
|
|
sarahgriffin
|
|
Hi
They are both correct, but 3 LESS 2 equals 1 is not very common at all.
At least not in Ireland anyway, I may stand corrected where other English speaking countries exist |
13 Mar 2010
|
|
|
Mariethe House
|
I say and have heard say: 3 minus 2 .... or minus 1
as for less ; less + adjective ; less important than ; less imaginative than ....
|
13 Mar 2010
|
|
|
GIOVANNI
|
|
I have heard three less two equals one used in Canada.
The general rule is to use "less" with non-count nouns.
I have less money in my bank at the moment,
or as Mariethehouse stated. |
13 Mar 2010
|
|
|
|
|
GIOVANNI
|
|
We use minus most of the time in Canada, but on occasion I have also heard less used. |
14 Mar 2010
|
|
|
yanogator
|
|
In the US, "less" in this sense is an older usage that is disappearing. We say 5 minus 2 equals 3.
Bruce |
14 Mar 2010
|
|
|
yujiumao
|
Ditto, people rarely use "less" in math anymore nowadays.  |
14 Mar 2010
|
|
|
