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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And the word “data” is only one word, so “data is plural”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm whooshed, but you understand the concept of uncountable nouns, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The noun I’m referring to is the word “data” not the data themselves. “Data data” is 2 words, “data” is one word. The word (singular) “data” is plural

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In Latin, sure. But the word "datum" isn't a part of English, so we have instead the uncountable noun "data" which is derived from the Latin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Datum is indeed a word in English. Singular point of information.