On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 05:34:44PM -0500, Doug Hughes wrote: > > American English and British English have a number of disagreements > > about how a collective noun is used, in terms of number. The word > > "data" actually originated as a plural, as above; but is often used as a > > collective noun these days with dashing disregard for its history. > > > > > what is the appropriate level of haberdasherie for dashing disregard? Is > a top hat required? Are spats required since it's historical dashing? I > assume jeans are right out.
You're not going to get answers to THAT on a techie mailing list! -- /*********************************************************************\ ** ** Joe Yao [email protected] - Joseph S. D. Yao ** \*********************************************************************/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
