30 Oct
2011
30 Oct
'11
5:14 p.m.
[Me:]
"Less than" has the same number of characters and fewer syllables.
[Fred:]
"Exceeding the speed limit is an offence in this country"
"Greater than the speed limit ..." ??
I don't deny that there are contexts in which a verb opposite to "exceed" might be useful. I merely doubt that they arise often in mathematics, and deny that the instance in this thread that prompted the discussion is one of them. Of course *written* mathematics already has such a verb, and very concise it is too. "<". -- g