- 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"
- 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, 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
- 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:
- Should spaces be used between lt; or gt; and numbers or letters?
The AMA Manual of Style says: Thin spaces should be used before and after the following mathematical symbols: ±, =, <, >, ≤, ≥, +, −, ÷, ×, ·, ≈, ∼, ∩, ∫, Π, Σ, and | a ± b a = b a + b a − b a ÷ b a × b a · b a > b a < b Symbols are set close to numbers, superscripts and subscripts, and parentheses, brackets, and braces (Highlight mine) However, this is only one
- How to read “E = (mc)²” so as not to mistake for “E = mc²”
According to one of the questions already asked on EL U, “E = mc²” is read as E equals M C squared How do we read “E = (mc)²” so that it is not mistaken for “E = mc²”?
- 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)
- 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?
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