>There's probably been a discussion about the word "data" being plural and therefore (the purists amongst us would say) one should say "the data are correct" rather than "... is ...". And there've been the laissez-faire types who've argued that it should be treated as singular. Then we get the unwieldy expression "an item of data" rather than just "a datum".
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>Now I've argued against treating the expression "the media" as singular, when referring to news outlets, such as TV, radio, papers, etc. and some have shot me down. It had to happen eventually but last night I heard a radio reporter stating that we'd heard something "... through the medium of the media". I nearly crashed my car with apoplexy.
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>I've argued about the expression "forward slash" as totally unnecessary. Well a few months ago I heard an ignoramus of a woman on the radio saying something like "This is useful for children/teenagers" but pronouncing it "This is useful for children - forward slash - teenagers". ARRGGH!
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>Now this should have all been nipped in the bud but y'all wouldn't listen to me
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>Nuff said

Pedantry alert! LOL