peeve of the week: minus is not a verb.
minus is an adjective or adverb, preposition (or noun), meaning
diminished by or
less (or a
negative quantity, in the case of a noun: minus-4 degrees).
if you deduct one number from another,
you don't minus it! you subtract it or deduct it.
in a mathematical equation, you diminish the first number by the second: 7 minus 4 is 3 (translation: 7 diminished by 4 is 3, or 4 deducted from 7 is 3).
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