Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/12/20/09:57:56
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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