Data is or Data are

Subject: Data is or Data are
From: Roger Smith <roger -dot- smith3 -at- VIRGIN -dot- NET>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 08:10:15 +0000

Whilst I agree that data is plural, when refering to data in technical
manuals it is usually in connection with the group of data as a single
entity, therefore "data is" is the correct terminology.




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