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1. fnord1+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-01-08 08:44:37
> America is sick. The data is clear.

Can we inform dictionaries and encyclopaedia that data is now a mass noun and it is considered archaic to use data as a plural of datum?

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2. sn0wle+Pu[view] [source] 2026-01-08 13:27:18
>>fnord1+(OP)
OED records the first usage as a mass noun in 1702, I think the ship's already sailed there
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