/sci/ - Science & Math » Thread #10946230

6KiB, 250x232, 1567693600562s.jpg

View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO

Anonymous Thu 05 Sep 14:34:44 2019 No.10946230 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>10946232 >>10946343

>the data "are"
Yeah, yeah, I know it's correct grammar but it pisses me of for some reason.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Sep 2019 14:35:00 No.10946232 Report

Quoted By:

>>10946230
Thanks for the timestamp 4.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Sep 2019 15:11:49 No.10946315 Report

Quoted By:

bump

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Sep 2019 15:25:22 No.10946343 Report

Quoted By:

>>10946230
You should ask to be screened for autism.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Sep 2019 15:27:42 No.10946347 Report

Quoted By: >>10946359 >>10946364

It's not correct grammar. I'm completely indifferent as to whether faggot descriptivist linguists like to believe that mistakes become correct if they're sufficiently popular with retards.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Sep 2019 15:34:14 No.10946359 Report

Quoted By: >>10946548

>>10946347
The other way around since data is the plural of datum and thus the correct use would be: "the data are". However stupid people started using it as a singular noun and descriptivist linguistics now allow both uses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Sep 2019 15:36:20 No.10946364 Report

Quoted By: >>10946548

>>10946347
Prescriptivism is impossible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Sep 2019 17:16:01 No.10946548 Report

Quoted By:

>>10946359
Thanks for the timestamp 4.
>>10946364
Thanks for the 4.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Sep 2019 17:34:32 No.10946582 Report

Quoted By:

It sounds like you're trying to score brownie points or something by using the technically correct but far less common phrasing.

Capcode	All Only User Posts Only Moderator Posts Only Admin Posts Only Developer Posts
Show Posts	All Only With Images Only Without Images
Deleted Posts	All Only Deleted Posts Only Non-Deleted Posts
Ghost Posts	All Only Ghost Posts Only Non-Ghost Posts
Post Type	All Only Sticky Threads Only Opening Posts Only Reply Posts
Results	All Grouped By Threads
Order	Latest Posts First Oldest Posts First

Your latest searches