fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoData is a pluralmander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1376arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoIt’s a noncount noun. Even people who pretend to believe it’s a count noun never use the singular, “a datum”.
It’s a noncount noun.
Even people who pretend to believe it’s a count noun never use the singular, “a datum”.