fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 hours agoData is a pluralmander.xyzimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down15
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minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoYou mean data are plural.
minus-squareContramuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 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-up1·49 minutes agoI know I just thought it would be funny.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours agoPeople who say datum vs people who say datum
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours agoI go with Datums to really stick the screws in
You mean data are plural.
“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
datumses
Datumi
Fats