These / this stuff?

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Anonymous  #288653  Thu, 02 Nov 06 03:01 PM

I'm fairly sure that when speaking of "data" it is "these data" -- data being the plural of datum.  Does the same go for "stuff"? 

In other words, is it "these stuff" or "this stuff"?

  
Marius Hancu  #288670  Thu, 02 Nov 06 03:33 PM
"this stuff"
  
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nona the brit  #288707  Thu, 02 Nov 06 05:17 PM

stuff is not plural. This stuff.

(by the way, most people use data for the singular as well as plural form, apart from in very specialised circles)

  
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CalifJim  #288722  Thu, 02 Nov 06 06:33 PM
this datum / these data is pretty old-fashioned.

Almost everybody says this data nowadays. (AmE)

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