Aargh-i have to take a crash math course in a month and I haven't studied. If only I knew some people who were good at math...
Also, saw a few minutes of the show "Numb3rs" last night, about a young math wiz who helps his federal agent brother solve crimes. How come none of my math friends do that? Or do they...?
Sorry about the infrequency of my posts
P.S.
Hi Mexican Muse!
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Dear Mr. Math GRE pro,
Now that I have taken it myself and thankfully eqaulled your feat (I would have never lived that down :) ), I've a newfound respect for your mathematical prowess. Don't sweat this course one bit, and yeah, I'll be around (as will Jorge).
PS. Re: Numb3rs, don't blow my cover...
eqaulled = equaled...
hey, i did ok on the verbal too, for serious
speaking of math and equaled:
Usage Note: It has been argued that equal is an absolute termtwo quantities either are or are not equaland hence cannot be qualified as to degree. Therefore one cannot logically speak of a more equal allocation of resources among the departments. However, this usage was accepted by 71 percent of the Usage Panel in an earlier survey. Objections to the more equal construction rest on the assumption that the mathematical notion of equality is appropriate to the description of a world where the equality of two quantities is often an approximate matter, and where statements of equality are always relative to an implicit standard of tolerance. When someone says The two boards are of equal length, we assume that the equality is reckoned to some order of approximation determined by the context; if we did not, we would be required always to use nearly equal when speaking of the dimensions of physical objects. What is more, we often speak of the equality of things that cannot be measured quantitatively, as when we say The college draft was introduced in an effort to make the teams in the National Football League as equal as possible, or The candidates for the job should all be given equal consideration. In all such cases equality is naturally a gradient notion and can be modified in degree. This much is evident from the existence of the word unequal, for the prefix un- attaches only to gradient adjectives. We say unmanly but not unmale; and the word uneven can be applied to a surface (whose evenness may be a matter of degree) but not to a number (whose evenness is an either/or affair). ·The adverb equally is generally regarded as redundant when used in combination with as. In an earlier survey, 63 percent of the Usage Panel found the following examples unacceptably redundant: Experience is equally as valuable as theory. Equally as important is the desire to learn. To eliminate the redundancy, equally should be deleted from the first example and as from the second. The solution to this usage problem usually involves using as alone when a comparison is explicit and equally alone when it is not.
Hi Chris!
Was looking on the facebook and found my way to your blog. I love it-- it reminds me of why you're such an interesting friend. :) I'm really glad to hear you're coming back into town for school. And living in my neck of the woods! Definitely drop me a line when you're back and maybe we can hang out.
Enjoy the remainder of camp. See you soon!
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