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Data (word)

The word data is most often used as a singular collective mass noun in educated everyday usage. However, due to the history and etymology of the word, considerable controversy has existed on whether it should be considered a mass noun used with verbs conjugated in the singular, or should be treated as the plural of the now-rarely-used datum.

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Plural formCount nounDatumSingularEnglish
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Data (word)

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples3
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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data singular plural datum used usage noun mass word often style english form use everyday treated also one still treating

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theseinstance ofis not used like a normal count noun with cardinal numbers and can be plural with plural determiners0.80text
manyinstance ofis not used like a normal count noun with cardinal numbers and can be plural with plural determiners0.80text
or it can be used as a mass noun with a verb in the singular forminstance ofis not used like a normal count noun with cardinal numbers and can be plural with plural determiners0.80text

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