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·letztes Jahr·discuss
"Hundreds of delivery riders injured as food app boom creates 'deadly cocktail'"

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/hundreds-of-deli...
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·letztes Jahr·discuss
"I have no spoon." Correct in a situation where exactly one spoon is expected.

"There are no spoons here." Correct in a situation where there could be zero, one or more spoons.
mayd
·letztes Jahr·discuss
The obvious answer is: because zero is not one. Singular means one. Plural means not one.
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·letztes Jahr·discuss
This example does sound wrong to a native English speaker. It contains a subjunctive mood construct and the correct version would be:

"What if there were no stars in the sky?"
mayd
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
David Hilbert and Stefan Cohn-Vossen.
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·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
Hardy's "A course of Pure Mathematics" has been highly regarded since it was first published in 1908 because it was an innovative text: rigorous, modern, well-written. Its intended readership was always first year "honours" mathematics students. This book inspired innovation in subsequent generations of textbook writers.

However, in the 21st century, this book really can no longer be recommended for its original teaching purpose. As a textbook it is outdated (a term I hate, but it is true). It is now an historical curiosity - although one which I am pleased to own, and the exercises in the book are still worth a look.

Calculus teaching has progressed considerably since 1908. The construction of the real number system in Hardy's book, using the Dedekind Cut method is overly complicated - the use of the of Least Upper Bound is much simpler and clearer. Hardy defines the concept of integral solely as the anti-derivative; there is no discussion of Riemann sums, or Darboux sums, etc. I am sure I would not want to take Hardy's approach today.

I think we are better off recommending books are more modern.

I will start by recommending "Calculus" by Michael Spivak.
mayd
·vor 3 Jahren·discuss
Your claim that Russia influenced Brexit, which the Cameron-led Conservative government opposed, has been thoroughly debunked, as has the Trump-Russia collusion hoax in the US. Indeed, a certain Guardian "journalist", who promoted the Brexit-Russia influence hoax, lost a defamation case against her for falsely promoting it. The UK, which is currently governed by a Conservative party majority parliament, has also been, from the start, one of the most aggressive and dependable supporters of Ukraine in her struggle to resist the Russian invasion. So, I am wondering, to what kind of "significant influence" are you alluding?