On 03/04/2015 09:09, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> The first is OK. The second is not. What would also be OK:
> "the left-hand side of the equation".
I see a subtly difference between the "left side" and the "left-hand
side" of the equation.
The "left side of the equation" explicitly identifies the part to the
left of the equals sign.
On the other hand, the "left-hand side of the equation" identifies the
part to the left of centre of the equation, which might be quite
different, as in:
x = a + b + c + d + e + f + g + h + i + j + k + l + m + n + o
... I see "e" as lying in the left-hand side of the equation.
I suppose it depends on how rigorously mathematical you are.
--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/
|
|