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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Curriculum Vitaes #1379 06/14/2000 11:23 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Data, now I know it's plural in Latin, but why do some people insist that it has to be plural in English when most people use it as a collective/uncountable noun (like information) which therefore takes a singular verb: The information/data we have suggests ...... Does anyone actually count data? I can't imagine saying "We have one datum/two data etc." Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Plural of an acronym? midnight 04/13/2000 9:43 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? wsieber 04/14/2000 1:19 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? Philip Davis 04/20/2000 10:50 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 04/20/2000 11:10 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? AnnaStrophic 04/21/2000 12:01 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 04/14/2000 1:44 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? shanks 04/20/2000 9:57 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 04/20/2000 1:51 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? jmh 04/20/2000 5:37 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? Bingley 06/12/2000 4:29 AM Curriculum Vitaes jmh 06/14/2000 3:19 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Bingley 06/14/2000 11:23 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Jackie 06/15/2000 12:11 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Rubrick 06/15/2000 12:46 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Lucy 06/16/2000 4:26 AM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Jackie 06/16/2000 11:32 AM Re: Curriculum Vitaes tsuwm 06/16/2000 5:58 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Bingley 06/19/2000 4:51 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? lusy 04/20/2000 10:05 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? RachelDugdale 06/07/2000 11:02 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? jmh 06/07/2000 4:54 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 06/07/2000 5:17 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 08/22/2000 1:24 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,328 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,171 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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