Usage Glossary: A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

datum/data

Datum is singular, meaning "one piece of information" or "one numerical result." Data is the plural form of datum and should not be used as a singular noun.

Unacceptable

The data is in and it does not look useful

Acceptable

The data are in and they do not look useful.

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