Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!eosp1!robison 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 References: <550@rayssd.UUCP> <747@utastro.UUCP> <476@amdahl.UUCP> Reply-To: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton Lines: 15 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!) allegra!eosp1!robison or: decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison or (emergency): princeton!eosp1!robison