The data ______ been transcribed. |
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Comments: 3
Added: May 2004
| arctictern - 22nd January 2006 04:22 |
| Most Americans would say has. I spent 20 years in data processing and people would look at me strangely if I said "the data have". I know data is supposed to be plural, but popular usage treats it as a collective noun, e.g. herd. The herd of cattle has..... |
| Old Stickler - 24th March 2006 01:06 |
| In science and many other technical documents, the plural is still used where appropriate. |
| altdel - 24th February 2009 21:51 |
| data is the plural of datum. Period. |
