"data material" singular or plural?

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Which version is the correct one?: "Data material concerning fish have been found in..." or "Data material concerning fish has been found in..."Thank you

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Neither one is correct.  "Data material" does not make any sense.  What are you trying to say?

Anonymous · Answer

AlpheccaStarsNeither one is correct. "Data material" does not make any sense. What are you trying to say?

I am writing a report on a project assignment were I have serched for and collected different available information about the fish community, fish populations and fish in general in a certain study area. This information consists of literature, database findings, catch statistict, different documents etc. With "data material" I tried to express this collection of information that I have found.I probably adopted the expression from Swedish (my native language) where the word "datamaterial" can be used in the sense that I meant, but of course it does not necessarily have to work in the same way in english.

I probably should use "information" or simply "data" instead of "data material". My original question was whether "has" or "have" should be used after the (imaginary) expression "data material". "Data" is a plural word and should be followed by "have". But how is it with "material"? Is it a singular or a plural word if used, as in this case, to express a collection of something?

Thanks,

HJ

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Perhaps you might use data and information sources.

The data and sources of information have been found in journals, private communications to researchers, international data bases covering commercial fish stocks...

"data material" singular or plural?

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