#Language #Mathematics #English #Grammar .

[bart@smop.fyi]

@StefanMuelller @lexiconista I’m noticing everyone around me (in the Netherlands though, so English as a second language) using “amount” for countable things instead of “number”. Is that a real trend?

[librico@mastodon.online]

@StefanMuelller Depends on the set: you can point at a countable subset of the reals and say 'Those are many real numbers'

[benaveling@mastodon.ie]

The real numbers are not countable in a way that is unlike the way in which water is not countable.
@StefanMuelller

[aanee@mastodon.online]

@StefanMuelller Just like physics break down when you look at a too large or small scale, so does english grammar for mathematics.

[d4m13n@digitalcourage.social]

@purox thihi

[solarplexus@mastodon.social]

@StefanMuelller

Sollte Deutsch mit seinen Verben zählbar und abzählbar tatsächlich exakter sein als die englische Sprache mit ihren vielen Vokabeln?

#Komparatistik #Deutsch #Sprachen

[dd3ah@social.darc.de]

@StefanMuelller

I know: Explaining a joke is a bad habit, but for the STEMs

So, if you need an explanation for the joke:

https://dd3ah.de/endlichkeit-abzaehlbarkeit-maechtigkeit/

https://dd3ah.de/previews/ueberabzaehlbarkeit/

Use the translation button at the end of each article if you can't read German.

[stefanmuelller@lingo.lol]

@DD3AH Thanks!

[wiert@mastodon.social]

@StefanMuelller

CC @ionica

[palmandneedle@norden.social]

@StefanMuelller
many rational
Much real
So infinites
Wow

[lufthans@mastodon.social]

@bart @StefanMuelller @lexiconista In American English one would say "number of apples" when talking about whole apples rather than "amount of apples"

"amount" would be for something that's measured rather than counted. Amount of water or flour for a recipe. If you needed a specific number of grams or volume of apples ( or applesauce ), then you could use amount

[clew@ecoevo.social]

Many real numbers are in this list, much of the real number line is in this diagram

(now I’m having a different quibble with myself. Perhaps any half of the real number line would qualify.)

@librico @StefanMuelller