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Subject:Re: Data From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- STARBASECORP -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 21 Mar 1995 15:33:58 -0800
I recently read an article (can't remember right now
where or by whom) that called using data in the plural
pretentious. Have to say I agree. Maybe it's just that
data, to us, has become collective rather than plural???
-Sue Gallagher
StarBase Corp, Irvine CA
sgallagher -at- starbasecorp -dot- com
