Aurora to [email protected] • edit-213 days agoDo you pronounce the word “data” like the Star Trek character? (Day-ta)message-square64fedilinkarrow-up193
arrow-up193message-squareDo you pronounce the word “data” like the Star Trek character? (Day-ta)Aurora to [email protected] • edit-213 days agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•13 days agoYes you’re right, but then you get into the argument The data is corrupt The data are corrupt I’m camp one because I treat data as a collective noun of data-items, not as a plural of datum.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•12 days agoFair enough - I’d also go with ‘the data is corrupt’ so looks like I must eat my own words!
The singular of data is datum though?
Yes you’re right, but then you get into the argument
I’m camp one because I treat data as a collective noun of data-items, not as a plural of datum.
Fair enough - I’d also go with ‘the data is corrupt’ so looks like I must eat my own words!