You are right Paul and Allan is also in order.
"Die" has become obsolete. Dice to the world.
On Tue, 20 Aug 2019, 14:48 Wilson, Paul, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have to admit that Allan has touched on one of my hobby-horses. I
> believe that in the modern era "die" as the singular of dice is obsolete,
> or at best archaic. I know of no native English speaker that would refer to
> "a die" in everyday speech. If you were to stop someone in the street and
> ask them what "a die" is, they would either refer to "dye" for
> hair/clothes, or to something for moulding metal.
>
> A quick bit of googling just now brought me to
> grammarly.com/blog/dice-die/ where it states
>
> "If you look up dice in the Oxford Dictionary, you will learn that dice is
> an acceptable singular and plural form of die. According to this source,
> dice was once the plural of die, “but in modern standard English dice is
> both the singular and the plural: ‘throw the dice’ could mean a reference
> to either one or more than one dice.”
>
> Something I do remember reading in the print version of the Oxford English
> Dictionary many years back. So my opinion is to applaud the exam setter who
> had the nerve to jettison an anachronism and say "a dice", like everyone
> does, but I am sure that others will differ.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> Dr. Paul Wilson
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> Subject: Re: allstat Digest - 19 Aug : UK school exams
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> As John Bibby notes, the 2019 paper is embargoed except for teachers for
> a year. To continue the SHOCK, HORROR, I looked at an earlier
> Maths/Stats paper in which a question stated someone threw "a dice".
>
> Allan
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