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Subject:Re: IS or ARE From:Buck & Tilly Buchanan <writer -at- DHC -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 29 May 1997 17:40:44 -0500
Microsoft Manual of Style, despite my many disagreements with it,
answers almost all my questions like this one.
It only costs $22.95 at Amazon Books.
They say/he says:
DATA Use as either singular or plural, but always with a single verb.
Do not use daturm or data are.
--
Buck Buchanan
writer -at- dhc -dot- net
Arlington, TX
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