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Onizo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Multiplying. (X in math)

1. Don't do multiplies = don't solve the equations.
2. Don't do multiplying = don't solve the equations.

Which is correct?
  

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The infinitive of the verb is ‘to multiply’. The noun is ‘multiplication’. With “to do” use the noun: 1.

— Wilpeter

  • The infinitive of the verb is ‘to multiply’.
  • The noun is ‘multiplication’.
  • With “to do” use the noun: 1.
  • Don’t do multiplication = don’t solve the equations.
  • The activity is “multiplying” (solving equations); so when speaking of that activity, one could use 2.
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The infinitive of the verb is ‘to multiply’. The noun is ‘multiplication’.
With “to do” use the noun:
1. Don’t do multiplication = don’t solve the equations.

The activity is “multiplying” (solving equations); so when speaking of that activity, one could use 2. “Don’t do multiplying = don’t solve the equations.”
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The writer does not seem to realize that some equations do not involve multiplication.

eg A + 1 = B.
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