Datum:
Data:
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Posted about a year ago.
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data is a collective noun
12 0 Reply15 0 Replycollective nouns are like "team" or "group", they're happy to be "a team" or "one group"
data doesn't work like that, people say "a data point", or "one piece/item of data". (because datum is almost a dead word)
it's more accurate to say data is a mass noun, a. k.a. an uncountable noun, like air, sand, rice.
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This also works with tomato and tomato.
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I love how this medieval knight decided to use a recently invented folding lawn chair to do battle with his opponent.
7 0 ReplyNot pictured: that one guy that said "you probably meant to say datum" (he's in 4 pieces in a tree)
8 0 ReplyTo see why this is, replace the word "Data" with the word "cows" in a sentence:
"I need to transfer this cows."
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"I need to transfer these cows." = "I need to transfer these data." - This is correct!
5 0 Replynow change the word "cows" in your example to "water".
8 0 ReplyI will not buy this record, it is scratched.
6 0 ReplyIf you did that, then you would be wrong.
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Fun fact.
1 fish
10 fish (e.g. all blue fin tuna)
10 fishes (different kinds of fish)
5 0 ReplyI’m not sure what your point is here. Are you making a joke?
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4 0 ReplySo if data (or is it data?) is plural, what is the singular form then? Date? Like in … dating? 😍
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17 0 ReplyDamned near killed 'um.
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Datum
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People who are data.
3 0 ReplyWho do data like they're data
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