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mhb on March 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Are "teens" born or made? An interesting twist.

A PhD who doesn't know that "data" is plural?

D_Alex on March 8, 2011 | [–]

"Data is accepted as a singular mass noun in everyday educated usage" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data, references given.

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