By Dylan Dyson / CTV News
Biggest spending category, which is actually a bit of a surprise, is stationary.
I too am surprised that it is a spending category. Isn't keeping the kids stationary the teacher's problem?
For the budget conscious, perhaps some cheap stationery would occupy them enough to see them stay still?
I assumed Canada used the term "maths" given that you kept some other proper English things like "zed" instead of "zee".
Canada strives for all of its words to be proper. Math is short for mathematics. Appending an 's' leaves you with mathematicies and that's not what is meant, nor is it a word found in the Canadian lexicon.
But "math" intimates only one calculation, mathematics consists of multiple calculations of caring types, hence the plural, maths. Also it's our language we decide what's proper, lol.
But “math” intimates only one calculation
Perhaps you mean "the math"? That is an American colloquialism used to refer to one calculation or small set of calculations. But we are talking about "math", not "the math". Again, "math" is short for mathematics. It is already plural.
Attempting to pluralize something that is already in its plural form is nonsensical. Do they not teach your "childrens", which is what I assume you call them, that in school?