From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: dos data segment
Date:	Fri, 20 Dec 1996 00:41:20 -0800
Organization:	Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
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To:	tudor AT cam DOT org
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Tudor wrote:
> 
> BTW:is "data" plural or singular?according to the dictionary data is
> plural.
> So wadda ya say:
> Tha DATA IS in a file or Tha DATA ARE in a file??

The latter is correct.  We native English speakers get really lazy about
some things, though.  :(

The singular form of "data" is "datum", btw.

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