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From: Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "left side of the equation" vs "left hand side of the equation"
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2015 07:54:48 +0100
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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.
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Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/
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