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Yellowstarstruck Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Grammar
1. Have you ate bugs?
2. Data is manipulated to affect a result.
No 1 is incorrect. No 2 is correct.
Am I right?
2. Data is manipulated to affect a result.
No 1 is incorrect. No 2 is correct.
Am I right?
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#1 is incorrect. It should be Have you eaten bugs? #2 is technically incorrect because, strictly speaking, data is plural ( datum is the singular).
- #1 is incorrect.
- It should be Have you eaten bugs?
- #2 is technically incorrect because, strictly speaking, data is plural ( datum is the singular).
- However, in everyday use it is commonly treated as a singular noun.
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#1 is incorrect. It should be Have you eaten bugs?
#2 is technically incorrect because, strictly speaking, data is plural (datum is the singular). However, in everyday use it is commonly treated as a singular noun.
#2 is technically incorrect because, strictly speaking, data is plural (datum is the singular). However, in everyday use it is commonly treated as a singular noun.
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2. Data is manipulated to affect the result. (I would expect there is a particular result of the calculation.)
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AlpheccaStars2. Data is manipulated to affect the result. (I would expect there is a particular result of the calculation.)But why not "to affect a result", there? Can you please explain?
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AnonymousBut why not "to affect a result", there?It's not wrong. But usually when we manipulate data, it is for a purpose, to end up with a particular result, not just any result.
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