Can you say 'these data'?
I'd like to know that whether we can use the uncountable word like plural noun.
For example, I want to delete these data in my folder.
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Swamp I'd like to know that whether we can use the uncountable word like plural noun. Yes, but if you do, it is no longer uncountable. The word "data" has traveled a rocky road.
- Swamp I'd like to know that whether we can use the uncountable word like plural noun.
- Yes, but if you do, it is no longer uncountable.
- The word "data" has traveled a rocky road.
- It is the Latin plural of "datum", an item of information, which you never see any more outside of scholarly or technical writing.
- Since we never see the singular, the plural seems mighty odd.
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SwampI'd like to know that whether we can use the uncountable word like plural noun.
Yes, but if you do, it is no longer uncountable. The word "data" has traveled a rocky road. It is the Latin plural of "datum", an item of information, which you never see any more outside of scholarly or technical writing. Since we never see the singular, the plural seems m
0SwampFor example, I want to deletethesedata in my folder.
For example, I want to delete the data in my folder.
Besides, that is not good usage of the word "data."
This is correct usage:
For example, I want to delete the files / documents in m
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