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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: The singular form of data
Message-ID: <1252@eosp1.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 18:12:25 EST
Article-I.D.: eosp1.1252
Posted: Mon Nov 12 18:12:25 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 13-Nov-84 19:11:58 EST
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Reply-To: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton
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Summary: 

>So, you see, this ``datum/data'' question only leads to smart-ass
>language like:
>
>   ``While in New York I visited the Guggenheim and Natural
>   History musea.''
>
>  ``The Oakland Coliseum Complex actually consists of two colisea.''

It's too early to tell if the question might lead to such usage.
We need more datums on the subject.

	- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
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