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analog31
on Feb 9, 2022
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The data are clear: The boys are not all right
I once wrote an article and the editor changed all "data are" to "data is." I asked her if I was being old fashioned and she said yes.
wahern
on Feb 9, 2022
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> I asked her if I was being old fashioned and she said yes.
Google Ngram seems to agree:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=data+is%2Cdata...
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