RE: I suppose this is my most frustrating grammar error

["Maggie Secara" <maggiros -at- adelphia -dot- net>]

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> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-84814 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of
> Rosenschein, Jacob
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 7:13 AM
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> Subject: RE: I suppose this is my most frustrating grammar error
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[...]
> Sixty percent of the Usage
> Panel accepts the use of data with a singular verb and pronoun in the
> sentence Once the data is in, we can begin to analyze it.

And wouldn't it sound particularly odd to say: Once the data are in, we can
begin to analyze them.



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