You mean data are plural.
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"is" is correct here, due to the implied nouns. "Data" in this case is an appositive and serves to describe the implied noun, "word." And "plural" is an implied noun for "plural word"
You can see it most clearly if you fill in the implied nouns:
(the word) data is a plural (word)
I know I just thought it would be funny.
People who say datum vs people who say datum
I go with Datums to really stick the screws in
datumses
We Haaaaateesss it!
Datumi
This is why I pronounce gif and gnome with a zh sound at the beginning. Like zhazha Gabor's first name. Zhnome, zhif
It sure are.
They sure is!
Fats
"One is my name. The other is not."
I say data because it makes more sense than saying data.
Datums
Datümer
Screw both options. Instead I say data.
Oh fuck off with that pretentious ass pronunciation. I mean my God, just say "data" like a normal person! So tired of people trying to get all fancy with their pronunciations. Data is the only correct pronunciation. And while we're at it, it's "gif" not "gif" and "gnome" not "gnome"
I say it like dahtay and you can't stop me
This seems like a job for my trusty brick
Me who says it as daetae
Datums
😳
I have a French accent so I say data.
Hon hon hon verhy gud verhy gud
Obviously the bottom one is English, and the top one is simplified English.
Sometimes I go both ways ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I worked with some Americans who said "these data" all the time. Even though it was technically correct it sounded so grating I wanted to kill them. Everyone other employee from literally every other country would say "this data" barring those smug fucks from Seattle.
I say data (dah-ta) when it is information that cannot normally be read by a human, and data (day-ta) when it is information that has been compiled about a topic that is in human readable format.
"The data on the hard drive has been corrupted." - dah-ta
"The data shows that you have a life expectancy of 78 years" -day-ta
It's a noncount noun.
Even people who pretend to believe it's a count noun never use the singular, "a datum".
Let me introduce you to my computer science professors…
(yes, no joke)
Data’s
..cat, Spot
dataz cuz it's cool
day-ta da-ta which one is which
Don’t make me bring back Gates Mcfadden. I will turn this star ship around!
I say data when I want to sound sophisticated.
I just realized I do this too. I need to hit myself with a folding chair.
So it’s Lt. Commander….
I am both
dat ass
It rhymes with Taylor Swift's nickname