study?

This data is very interesting, and the police are studying it.

Does 'study' sound OK in this sentence?

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Originally Posted by Clark

This data is very interesting, and the police are studying it.

Does 'study' sound OK in this sentence?

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Yep!

To be strictly correct, "data" is the plural of "datum" so it should really be .........."These data are.....".

However, nowadays most people seem to regard "data" as singular, so no one would accuse you of poor English if you treated it as such. :-)

buggles(not ateacher)

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Originally Posted by Clark

This data is very interesting, and the police are studying it.

Does 'study' sound OK in this sentence?

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i think you should use "reading" for this sentence because he is police.:roll:

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Originally Posted by Kevintrieuvn

i think you should use "reading" for this sentence because he is police.:roll:

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Sorry, but I can't agree!:-(

Reading is too weak a word.
The police would study the data - i.e. read it (them) again and again until they could draw some conclusions.