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Bepleased Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

X= y i.e. x of y / x belonging to y

Hello,The expression of x =y is associated with all the words must be to the accompaniment of "belong to".eg (1) something of a metaphor / something in a metaphor;(2) x =y ------x of y -----x is one belonging to / with y ;(3) the color of her dress / the idea of the atomic bomb;
  

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Hello; The statement x=y is an example of symbolic mathematics that school children learn in the first year that they study algebra. A trivial algebraic problem: if x=y and x+y=4 then what is the value of x and y? Algebra has no relationship at all with belonging to, metaphors, colors of dresses or atomic bombs.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Hello; The statement x=y is an example of symbolic mathematics that school children learn in the first year that they study algebra.
  • A trivial algebraic problem: if x=y and x+y=4 then what is the value of x and y?
  • Algebra has no relationship at all with belonging to, metaphors, colors of dresses or atomic bombs.
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Hello;

The statement
x=y

is an example of symbolic mathematics that school children learn in the first year that they study algebra.
A trivial algebraic problem:
if
x=y
and
x+y=4
then what is the value of x and y?

Algebra has no relationship at all with belonging to, metaphors, colors of dresses or atomic bombs.
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Hello,Thank you for your sugession.What is the lines of x= y? Is it not to say: "x is the same as y"?So, that way has a thought to take y as the target of comparison that means in compared with y, x is the same.In algebra, the comparison can change to x , so we can also say : y= x and y is the same as x. So when we borrow the x = y we borrow its specific narrative -----x is the same as y. Thank
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bepleased Hello,The expression of x =y is associated with all the words must be to the accompaniment of "belong to".eg (1) something of a metaphor / something in a metaphor;(2) x =y ------x of y -----x is one belonging to / with y ;(3) the color of her dress / the idea of the atomic bomb;
the X of Y does sometimes have the same meaning as the X belon
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Thank you for you giving the practical English world through your kind introduction.
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bepleasedWhat is the lines of x= y? Is it not to say: "x is the same as y"?
If you are speaking of language and not mathematics, then set the context by defining your symbols. Otherwise readers will be very confused. For example, X is the same as Y has at least three different meanings:

Let X and Y be phrases.
X and Y are said to be synonymous
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Bepleased;
You seem to hold very tenaciously to the idea that the verb "be" is the same as "belong to" or "equals."

There is ONE usage where the "belong to" interpretation is possible, and that case is where the predicate is a noun that represents a class, category, type or species. For example:

Rover is a dog.

Means that t
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Hello Alphecca Stars,Thank you enlighten me to know the acctual example of "is".
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I'd like to mention it is very significant to me and to provide a huge remedy my wrong way that you interprated the usage of "on the subject of".
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The subject of the painting is the Battle of Waterloo.= Using the Battle Waterloo deals with / represents the subject of the painting.So, here “is” = belongs to
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As your suggestion, I know the phrase “the subject of” means a problem need to be dealt with.So, the collocation with “the subject of” must be the thing to deal with it. Please tell me the understanding with "belongs to" and "the subjct of" correct or not.Thank you for your help.
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