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"Is there a consensus regarding using a singular verb with the word Data?
If
this has been hashed before I apologize."
We purists still use "data are," but I think the trend is toward "data is."
I had 3 years of Latin in high school (okay, so I've dated myself!) and
don't have a problem with Latin plurals (criteria, etc.).
Barb Miller
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
millerb -at- tcplink -dot- nrel -dot- gov
