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Latest post Wed, Nov 5 2008 5:40 AM by Liveinjapan. 2 replies.
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Liveinjapan  +  583832 Wed, 05 Nov 08 04:13 AM
A file that has model data

Data is uncountable, and assuming there are various data called model data, do I have to put 'the' before model?
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Please feel free to correct any words I wrote.LiJ
AlpheccaStars  +  583851 Wed, 05 Nov 08 05:30 AM
 Water and milk are uncountable.

I say -

This bucket has the clean water, that bucket has the dirty water.

The white jar has milk in it; the blue jar has water in it. 

If you mean a specific set of data, then use "the", if you mean data in general, then "the" is not used. 

This file has the model data from the last simulation run. 

Files with the extension ".mod" have model data; files with the extension ".vid" have video data.

 

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Liveinjapan, 1 yr 16 days ago
Understand perfectly!
Thanks Alphecca.
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