according to Cocker 根据严格的规则;按照精确的计算

Very accurate or correct， according to the rules. According to Cocker could just as well mean “all wrong”; however， few authorities bother to mention this. The phrase honors Edward Cocker (1631—1675)， a London engraver who also taught penmanship and arithmetic. Cocker wrote a number of popular books on these subjects， and reputedly authored Cocker's Arithmetick， which went through 112 editions， its authority giving rise to the proverb. Then， in the late nineteenth century， documented proof was offered showing that Cocker did not write the famous book at all， that it was a forgery of his editor and publisher， so poorly done， in fact， that it set back rather than advanced the cause of elementary arithmetic.

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