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Jun 1, 2009
Per Dictionary.com: Today, data is used in English both as a plural noun meaning "facts or pieces of information" (These data are described more fully elsewhere) and as a singular mass noun meaning "information": Not much data is available on flood control in Brazil.English is a living language
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May 31, 2009
dexter_greycells, in its full context, what Asok should have said was,"No one uses those pieces of data."
In our glorious laziness, we've truncated it down to,
"No one uses that data."
Either way works for me. You will be given props in my tiny brain, however, if you use the former version rather than the latter.
May 31, 2009
@encaeniaSomehow or the other, I just don't feel right with the words 'those data'. In my 6 years in cyberspace in 3 years in the IT industry, I have never seen that word-combination. It has always been 'that data'.
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May 30, 2009
Asok is a text book over thinker! Wally would of took it and forgot it.I mashed this strip dlibert.com/users/plombardo421
