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>Some people, myself included, say "the data are ...". I think it's daft to refer to a "data item" or "item of data" when you could say "datum".
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I would gnaw my own arm off before I would utter the word "datum." I don't care if it's correct, it sounds pompous as hell. Let's put it in a long slow boat along with "peoples."
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