fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoData is a pluralmander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down112
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minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down3·edit-23 months agoYou mean data are plural.
minus-squareContramuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·3 months ago“is” is correct here, due to the implied nouns. “Data” in this case is an appositive and serves to describe the implied noun, “word.” And “plural” is an implied noun for “plural word” You can see it most clearly if you fill in the implied nouns: (the word) data is a plural (word)
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoI know I just thought it would be funny.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoPeople who say datum vs people who say datum
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agoI go with Datums to really stick the screws in
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoThis is why I pronounce gif and gnome with a zh sound at the beginning. Like zhazha Gabor’s first name. Zhnome, zhif
You mean data are plural.
“is” is correct here, due to the implied nouns. “Data” in this case is an appositive and serves to describe the implied noun, “word.” And “plural” is an implied noun for “plural word”
You can see it most clearly if you fill in the implied nouns:
I know I just thought it would be funny.
People who say datum vs people who say datum
I go with Datums to really stick the screws in
datumses
We Haaaaateesss it!
Datumi
This is why I pronounce gif and gnome with a zh sound at the beginning. Like zhazha Gabor’s first name. Zhnome, zhif
It sure are.
They sure is!
Fats