Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!godot!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!amdahl!gam From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: The singular form of data Message-ID: <476@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 23:39:00 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.476 Posted: Thu Nov 8 23:39:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 06:38:14 EST References: <550@rayssd.UUCP> <747@utastro.UUCP> Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 17 > By the way, what do you use for the singular of "opera?"a 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.'' As for ``datum'', this will probably die out after a time, as we are hearing more of ``data'' used in the singular. And I think that's a good idea. -- Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!gam [ This is just me talking. ]