Re: collective nouns -- Re: Optimal programming advice

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<veHUe.222997$5N3.115914@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"James Giles" <jamesgiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> (I tried using "data"
> as plural and "datum" as the singular for a while and
> all people I spoke with thought is strange. I gave up
> when I noticed that I found it sounded odd myself when
> someone else used that distinction. I think the US
> usage is steadily eliminating "datum" entirely.)

Well that's a data point. :-)

(Yes, I do know that the use as an adjective is a different case.)
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