Which of the following is more suitable as a title for a base forum for people who love to deal with mathematics:
- Community mathematics
- Mathematics community
asked May 10, 2015 at 19:27
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5And I'd like to get some context, please.– StephieCommented May 10, 2015 at 19:43
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1"Mathematics community" if probably what you want, but I can definitely imagine some scenario where community mathematics is a thing.– user8399Commented May 10, 2015 at 19:49
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Yes, there is no "answer" without more context, because both could be correct. Even though you most likely want "Mathematics community" like user8399 said.– DJMcMayhemCommented May 10, 2015 at 21:26
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Now I wrote the context– Virtuous LegendCommented May 11, 2015 at 15:41
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They can both be correct but mean different things. So it depends what you are trying to say.
In "community mathematics", "community" is modifying "mathematics" - so we are talking about "mathematics of the community kind" or "mathematics that we do together as a community".
In "mathematics community", "mathematics" is modifying "community". We are talking about "the community which gets together to do mathematics".
In the English language if you have two nouns together, the first one is always acting as a modifier for the second one.
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4Not always, but almost always, yes. Exceptions are generally formulaic (Mount St. Helens, Castle MacBeth), especially for certain types of place names. Commented May 10, 2015 at 21:57