Matthew's Journal

p.1 in Summary, "data" is treated as a countable (plural) noun, but at the bottom of p.2, it is treated as a mass (singular) noun. See also uses on p.3 and p.9 (in the latter, both usages occur in the same sentence!).

Bah, I hate data (the word, that is)! The Grauniads' style guide suggests that using it as a mass noun is now usual, so I've standardised on that. But yes, I do always get it wrong...

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