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Photon Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Read out 3 x (-5)
(1) How do you read out 3 x (-5)?
(2) How would you read out 3 x (-5)?
Which is correct?
If both are incorrect or unnatural, what should I say?
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"read out" is not actually wrong, but I think I would more naturally use the verb "say": How do/would you say "3 × (-5)"? )
- "read out" is not actually wrong, but I think I would more naturally use the verb "say": How do/would you say "3 × (-5)"?
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"read out" is not actually wrong, but I think I would more naturally use the verb "say":
How do/would you say "3 × (-5)"?
(Note that in proper typography we use the multiplication sign, "×", not the letter "x", and the minus sign, "-", not the hyphen "-", but in informal writing the letter and the hyphen might suffice.)
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