Re: affixes
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 20, 2005, 12:24 |
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On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 05:07:13PM +1100, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> I've never heard 'My Dear Aunt Sally' before; well, not in reference to
> maths. I was taught in grade five the more complete 'bodmas'
Well, "My Dear Aunt Sally" was extended as we learned more; the longer
version varies more, but the most common version seems to be the one I
was taught: "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally", the P and E standing
for Parentheses and Exponents, respectively. (In American, "brackets"
means [], not (), and "order" does not immediately bring powers to
mind.)
-Marcos