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From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: "Data points"
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Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 03:31:11 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 18 03:31:11 1985
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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
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