STRIP FOR May 30, 2009
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User Name: ebryer
Jun 1, 2009
-1
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
English is a living language
User Name: red33410
May 31, 2009
0
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.
"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.
User Name: dexter_greycells
May 31, 2009
0
@encaenia
Somehow 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'.
Somehow 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'.
User Name: plombardo421
May 30, 2009
+3
Asok is a text book over thinker! Wally would of took it and forgot it.
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