fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 hours agoData is a pluralmander.xyzimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down110cross-posted to: tenforward@lemmy.world
arrow-up1261arrow-down1imageData is a pluralmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: tenforward@lemmy.world
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down2·edit-217 hours agoYou mean data are plural.
minus-squareContramuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·16 hours ago“is” is correct here, due to the implied nouns. “Data” in this case is an appositive and serves to describe the implied noun, “word.” And “plural” is an implied noun for “plural word” You can see it most clearly if you fill in the implied nouns: (the word) data is a plural (word)
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoI know I just thought it would be funny.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 hours agoPeople who say datum vs people who say datum
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·17 hours agoI go with Datums to really stick the screws in
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoThis is why I pronounce gif and gnome with a zh sound at the beginning. Like zhazha Gabor’s first name. Zhnome, zhif
You mean data are plural.
It sure are.
“is” is correct here, due to the implied nouns. “Data” in this case is an appositive and serves to describe the implied noun, “word.” And “plural” is an implied noun for “plural word”
You can see it most clearly if you fill in the implied nouns:
I know I just thought it would be funny.
People who say datum vs people who say datum
I go with Datums to really stick the screws in
This is why I pronounce gif and gnome with a zh sound at the beginning. Like zhazha Gabor’s first name. Zhnome, zhif
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Datumi
Fats