[Roadsters] OT: Spelling

[Gary McCormick]

It's been my experience that people who deal with technical DATA are not 
necessarily the people who will know the difference between DATA and DATUM.

Sadly, widespread incorrect usage has been known to change the meaning 
of a word - the "dumbing down" of language...

Give me a minute and I'll come up with an example.

Gary McCormick
San Jose

D Riedel wrote:

>The word data is almost universally handled as singular, even in
>scientific publications that are peer-reviewed by people that peruse
>data for a living.  I prefer to handle it correctly as a plural, but
>it's so uncommon, that I sometimes wonder if the reader will assume I
>made a mistake.
>
>On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:10 AM,  <Keith0alan at aol.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Singular of data is datum.
>>
>>kw
>>
>>
>>In a message dated 7/25/2008 6:01:01 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>>dhyson at charter.net writes:
>>
>>Jeez ! I  didn't know data was plural . Does that make the statement "I
>>didn't know  dat ." correct ?
>>
>>By the way , in some portions of the country it is  accepted that the
>>"sensitive outgrowth on the head" is where the beer  bottle made contact
>>..........................
>>
>>Durf
>>
>>Bubba  wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>No problem, antennae are a sensitive outgrowth on the head of  an insect or
>>>crustacean.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>> ANd  how many
>>>>people remember that data is  plural?
>>>>        
>>>>
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