- Is equal to or equals - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Are both is equal to and equals similar in meaning? Which is the more natural? For example, one plus one equals two or one plus one is equal to two
- Equal versus Equals - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Equals is generally used unless using a verb "is" and the phrase "equal to" While reading 3 ft = 1 yd you would say "three feet equals a yard," or "three feet is equal to a yard"
- Equal, is equal to, equals, are equal to - English Language Usage . . .
Equals is correct, as is is equal to There are some instances when one might use are, but that would be limited to when a quantity separates are from equal to, and would sound correct, but not necessarily be mathematically correct
- Arithmetic comparison: Equals, is equal to or is?
Which of the following examples is are phrased correctly? Twenty divided by five is four Twenty divided by five equals four Twenty divided by five is equal to four Are all the options correct
- What is the origin of != in the meaning not equal to?
As a programmer I have always assumed that using != as meaning not equal to when writing text (usually on the internet) came from programming languages Is this true or is the origin different?
- Equals - a verb or not? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
But in the example in question, equals is not actually being used as a verb When used as a verb, equals is used in the following manner: X equals Y But here is a simplified version of the example sentence in question: They stood as equals In fact, if you look at the heading Recent Examples on the Web: Noun, you'll see the following example:
- verbs - Is equals to, as in one plus one equals to two . . .
This wrongly conflates 'Two plus two equals four' and 'Two plus two is equal to four' In symbols, 2 + 2 = 4 The equals sign is equivalent to 'equals' (no matter whether the LHS, the preceding, is a single number or twenty) or 'is equal to' (no matter whether the LHS, the preceding, is a single number or twenty) It can be read out either way (the shorter way is, as you might expect, more usual)
- Four plus two equals six (or is equal to six or is six)
four plus two equals six In your first example sentence, " equal " is being used as a verb in the third person singular form: equals four plus two is equal to six In your second example, " equal " is being used as an adjective, and so it needs to employ a linking verb (in this case, " be " or " is ") before it The " to " after it is a
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