http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DataUncountablePlural/hgrjc/post.htm#614315Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:48:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:614315Cool Breeze0http://www.englishforums.com/English/DataUncountablePlural/hgrjc/post.htm#614315http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-614315.xmlEnglish grammar is very messy. Since there is no Language Academy or any similar authority, no one has the authority to determine correct usage. Datum (singular) and data (plural) are Latin words. So many people use the plural word with a singular verb so often that it is pointless to argue against uch usage. That&#39;s why lexicographers have given up and accept data with a singular verb quite often. There are other similar pairs of words: medium, media; stratum, strata etc.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DataUncountablePlural/hgrjc/post.htmSun, 24 May 2009 20:48:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:614280Jesusengland1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DataUncountablePlural/hgrjc/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-614280.xmlHello. data noun ( used as a plural noun in technical English, when the singular is datum ) 1 facts or information, especially when examined and used to find out things or to make decisions : This data was collected from 69 countries. the analysis / interpretation of the data raw data (= that has not been analysed) demographical / historical / personal data ( technical ) Thes