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When I was in school they really hammered it in that data was plural. If you didn't write something like the data are or the data show that'd be a red circle on
by grawprog 8y ago
When I was in school they really hammered it in that data was plural. If you didn't write something like the data are or the data show that'd be a red circle on your report or paper. It was a common source of lost marks for the class. Presentations too.
It was a big deal at least to our teachers.
It always did and still does sound funny to me though.
It also seems to be different in the computer science world compared to the the biology world. I see data used as a singular far more often in the context of computers than I do with other branches of science.