fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoData is a pluralmander.xyzimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down112cross-posted to: tenforward@lemmy.world
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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days 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”.