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To: Rick Slemmer who wrote (1286)5/15/1998 12:07:00 PM
From: FISHERMAN  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4711
 
"The Government say that more tax increases are necessary..."
"The NUM [National Union of Mineworkers] are voting today..."

We do the same thing here with the word "data". "These data show that
blah blah blah..." In latin it's the plural of datus, but big deal.
To me, data is a collection of facts, numbers, statistics, etc., and since it is a collection, is singular. So there! The data are...Oh
I gotta puke.



To: Rick Slemmer who wrote (1286)5/15/1998 6:50:00 PM
From: Jack Clarke  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4711
 
Rick,

the BBC news broadcasters used
plural pronouns for anything collective,

Yes, I have heard "The orchestra begin..." And the Brits also use some plurals where we use a singular. An English girl lived with our family for several years and always spoke of "the games room" whereas we called it "the game room". They also speak of someone living "in" a named street, while we would usually say "on".

Jack


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