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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 33 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

data is already a plural word friend! "datas" is confusing to read

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Is data a plural word? I thought it was a word without plural form

If data is plural, does that mean that "the data was stolen" is wrong and "the data were stolen" is right?

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

"datum" is the singular, but you're right that it's not really grammatically plural since you'd say "the data was stolen" not "the data were stolen". I think the latter would technically also be valid; my interpretation would be that the latter is "countable" plural, so there are specific discrete datums that were stolen.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

it's like a special category of words idk, grammar theory is my weakest point

data can be one point of data, and data can be many points of data

[–] M33@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Noted, not native english here ;)

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

yeah don't worry, i'm not either, everyone learns at some point! :)

[–] BlueBockser@programming.dev 25 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

What am I supposed to do with those informations?

[–] rutrum@lm.paradisus.day 10 points 9 hours ago

Start using datum for singular...which is even weirder than datas imo.

[–] Czele@lemmy.world 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Write them on sheets of papers

[–] M33@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 hours ago

And then invoke GDPR, ask for a printed copy