Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wizzer who wrote (1292)	5/16/1998 10:00:00 AM
From: Jack Clarke	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4711

Wissam, At least in Engineering, I refer to data as both. jbe's post is correct. Datum is singular; the plural form is "data". If I tell you the CPI is x%, that is a datum. If I give you a list of numbers referring to the CPI, those are data. I am actually less tolerant than jbe (Sorry, Tim) in that I hate to hear these latin plurals misused. The worst one in current misuse is "media". Television is a news medium. The press is a medium. Together they are the news media. You may not say "The media is..." and still be correct grammatically. This will probably change since the misuse is so widespread. Here are some thoughts I posted earlier: Message 3077016 Jack