From: mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Ruiter de M)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: dos data segment
Date: 20 Dec 1996 13:46:16 GMT
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John M. Aldrich (fighteer AT cs DOT com) wrote:
: Tudor wrote:
: > 
: > BTW:is "data" plural or singular?according to the dictionary data is
: > plural.
: > So wadda ya say:

Ja, dit is lekker engels wou je zeggen.
Sorry about my Dutch, but I don't understand this English either :)

: > Tha DATA IS in a file or Tha DATA ARE in a file??
: 
: The latter is correct.  We native English speakers get really lazy about
: some things, though.  :(

I'm not sure about this. I'm not a native English speaker (as you might
notice :), but I don't think that's laziness. Why does one say "The police
are..." then? Or is 'police' plural too? What's the singular form? :-)

English speakers are not the only ones being lazy. Many Dutch speakers say
"data's" where they mean "data" (plural for "datum", Dutch for "date") too.

: The singular form of "data" is "datum", btw.

Yes. And all of this is very off-topic. Sorry for joining the discussion here.
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