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Re: biomaven0 post# 88152

Thursday, 12/24/2009 1:22:11 PM

Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:22:11 PM

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OT: Mass nouns

Does that also apply to "data"

e.g. "the data are consistent with....
vs.
"the data is consistent with...

I've always corrected folks by indicating "data" is the plural for "datum"

aj

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