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| arctictern - 22nd January 2006 04:22
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| 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.....
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| Old Stickler - 24th March 2006 01:06
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| In science and many other technical documents, the plural is still used where appropriate.
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