permutate letters of the word Mississip***

Hi,
I don't understand your question. Are you asking whether 'the' is required? It is.

What do you mean by 'permutate'?

Clive

Hi Clive,

Permutate is a kind of math term, which means change the order of given things to get a different sequence.

For example: imssissippi is a permutation of letters of the word Mississippi.

Regard my question: The title line comes from a math book. I think there should be a "the" before "letters." But it comes from a book and there are many such sentences like

Hi,
As a title, these are OK.
Permutate letters of the word 'Mississippi'.
Permutate letters of 'Mississippi'.
Permutate the letters of the word 'Mississippi'.

As a title, this sounds odd.
Permutate letters of word 'Mississippi'.

Clive

If not a title, can I use "permutate letters of the word Mississippi?" Thank you very much.

CliveHi,
As a title, these are OK.
Permutate letters of the word 'Mississippi'.
Permutate letters of 'Mississippi'.
Permutate the letters of the word 'Mississippi'.

As a title, this sounds odd.
Permutate letters of word 'Mississippi'.

Hi,

As an imperative, it's fine grammatically, although I'd put quotes around 'Mississippi'.

However, I find it hard to think of a realistic scenario where you'd say something like that.

And for the sake of clarity, I'd probably be inclined to say 'the letters' (ie all letters) or 'some lett

I see. Thanks a lot, Clive.

FYI, this phrase comes from a math book on probability, where people are asked to compute the number of the different permuations we can get by permutating the letters of the word Mississippi.