@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 7 hours agoData is a pluralmander.xyzimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•5 hours ago“is” is correct here, due to the implied nouns. “Data” in this case is an appositive and serves to describe the implied noun, “word.” And “plural” is an implied noun for “plural word” You can see it most clearly if you fill in the implied nouns: (the word) data is a plural (word)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 hours agoI know I just thought it would be funny.
“is” is correct here, due to the implied nouns. “Data” in this case is an appositive and serves to describe the implied noun, “word.” And “plural” is an implied noun for “plural word”
You can see it most clearly if you fill in the implied nouns:
I know I just thought it would be funny.