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I think it's become acceptable to use it as singular, at least in certain contexts. How often do you hear "Are your data backed up?"
by dfranke 19y ago
I think it's become acceptable to use it as singular, at least in certain contexts. How often do you hear "Are your data backed up?"
- mhb 19y agoIt has become common - acceptable depends on your willingness to cede precision and expressiveness in the language. And it doesn't inspire confidence that I am more pedantic about this than the president of a company the name of which includes the word "data".