Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!mit-eddie!barmar From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: "Data points" Message-ID: <5021@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 03:31:11 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.5021 Posted: Sun Aug 18 03:31:11 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 21:14:13 EDT References: <214@tekig4.UUCP> Reply-To: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 10 I think "a data point" is a valid use. It means (to me) "a single point in the data." The word "data" is being used to modify the word "point", so it doesn't need to be singular; it is being used more as a collective (as in "a family member"). The phrase "a datum point" is redundant and wordy, as a data point IS a datum. -- Barry Margolin ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar