"Adding" inner products

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Is there a general rule to simplify things like $<x,y> - <x,z>$ or generally $<.,.> \pm <.,.>$

I cant find anything in my notes that talks about this.

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By definition of bilinearity, $\langle x,y\rangle - \langle x,z\rangle = \langle x,y-z\rangle$.

On the other hand in general there is no formula for $\langle a,b\rangle \pm \langle c,d\rangle$.