Except that arithmetic still qualifies as maths even if it is only barely, whereas a golf cart doesn’t qualify as a sports car. It’s more like saying “vehicle” when you mean "kid’s bicycle "; it’s still technically true even though it isn’t the most sophisticated.
Except that arithmetic still qualifies as maths even if it is only barely, whereas a golf cart doesn’t qualify as a sports car. It’s more like saying “vehicle” when you mean "kid’s bicycle "; it’s still technically true even though it isn’t the most sophisticated.
It’s a car you use for sports.
Ok, good point. So what are you trying to say? That the general public should use the more specific word for the benefit of mathematicians?
My only point is that it’s silly to mathematicians that the majority of people use the word “math(s)” to refer exclusively to arithmetic.