Grammar check? "The data are augmented" or "The data is augmented"?
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Allyson - Nov 15, 2011 12:44:15 pm PST #6879 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Amy - Nov 15, 2011 12:46:00 pm PST #6880 of 30001
Because books.
"The data is" in that construction, Allyson.
Allyson - Nov 15, 2011 12:46:14 pm PST #6881 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Thanks!
Strix - Nov 15, 2011 12:47:07 pm PST #6882 of 30001
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It (the data) IS augmented...
Allyson - Nov 15, 2011 12:50:28 pm PST #6883 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
What if the data is coming from multiple sources? It sounds ridic to say that it is plural.
le nubian - Nov 15, 2011 12:51:37 pm PST #6884 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
"Data" are plural though. Almost always.
Polter-Cow - Nov 15, 2011 12:54:00 pm PST #6885 of 30001
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Data is the plural of datum, so, even though it sounds weird, it takes a plural verb. Doesn't stop people from using the singular verb, even scientists.
Hil R. - Nov 15, 2011 12:54:49 pm PST #6886 of 30001
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Ginger - Nov 15, 2011 12:57:23 pm PST #6887 of 30001
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I'm a stickler for data's being plural, but usage guides note that the singular use is increasingly common.
Amy - Nov 15, 2011 1:01:43 pm PST #6888 of 30001
Because books.
I'm a stickler for data's being plural, but usage guides note that the singular use is increasingly common.
My Webster's 10th Edition from ... 1981, I think ... says "as an abstract mass noun [such as the 'information'] takes a singular verb and singular modifiers."