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From: brennan@iuvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The singular form of data
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Date: Sat, 10-Nov-84 12:34:00 EST
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To say, "my hair is ..."  is not wrong at all!.  In fact to
say "my hair are ..." is technically wrong.  (not sure what
the word 'techincally' is supposed to mean here).  "hair" is
a collective noun that is conjugated in the singular form.
I agree that 'datum' will probably die out, but in favor of
'piece of data' analogous to 'strand of hair'.

JD Brennan
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