Re: [tz] [PATCH] The word "data" is plural.

John Haxby said:

[1] I forget whether the lady in question was a Professor at one of the major UK universities or someone from the Oxford English Dictionary. Either was she was someone you'd expect to argue for "proper" use of plurals but she in fact advocated relaxing and going with the flow. English, she said, is defined by use, unlike French which is defined by mandate.

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