“Data are” or “data is”?: a pedant writes

O'hara, Kieron (2020) “Data are” or “data is”?: a pedant writes Web Science Trust 2pp.

Record type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)

Abstract

A definitive and irrefutable proof that the word 'data' in English is a singular noun, and so takes the singular form of the verb: 'data is ...'.

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Published date: 24 October 2020

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Keywords: Data, Grammar, Latin, English

Local EPrints ID: 444950

URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444950

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Date deposited: 12 Nov 2020 17:33

Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:52

Author: Kieron O'hara

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