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Re: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?

Subject: Re: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?
From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:13:58 -0700

On 4/25/2017 1:23 PM, Wright, Lynne wrote:

I have to disagree: 3 x 2 is the same as 2 x 3; and both are the same as 3 x 1 x 2.

The order of the digits doesn't matter. The result is still 6.

This is not the "order of digits" it is the order of operations. What is being multiplied 20 times?


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References:
Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?: From: Emoto
Re: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?: From: Lauren
RE: Grammar: "Multiply by" or "Multiply times"?: From: Wright, Lynne

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