English usage

[Chris Handley <CHandley@GANDALF.OTAGO.AC.NZ>]

Hi all
>
Lojbab writes:
> My data is based on 75315 words of Lojban text (367K) compared to Cowan's

Am I one of the last of a vanishing breed that still believes that data' is
a plural word, or has usage overtaken (as in so many other cases). If that
is the case when can we expect to see 'datas', 'medias' and so on?

Yes I know I am nitpicking, it comes from have a series of pedants as
English teachers during my formative years.


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