Re: "write him" was Re: More questions

Gary Shannon scripsit:

> I've always wondered why folks in the UK choose to use
> the plural form of "math", when they take a "maths
> class" but yet don't go to "readings class" or
> "histories class" or "chemistries class".  What is the
> rule for deciding which school subject names are used
> in their plural form?
Well, the subject is already plural:  mathematics.

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