Bob, I agree with you. There are plenty of things in the current usage of the language that grate on my nerves, and cause me to grit my teeth. Language is either living and changing, or dead. We have a living language, Latin is dead. I believe that 'data' is currently both singular and plural depending on context.
I say "waiting in line" my daughter says "waiting on line". I say 'on purpose / by accident' my daughter says 'on purpose / on accident'. Both of these grate on my nerves, but are common in the current usage. There is also the amazing rate at which nouns are changing into verbs. Don't believe me? Go google it. Bruce On Dec 24, 2010, at 4:31 AM, Robert Hamilton wrote: > I won't take up any more time with 'data is' but dadgummit there is nothing > wrong with technical material being grammatically correct. > > Last words: There is no such word as 'datas.' I think I'll move on to > testing the arithmetic functions in oodialog. > > Bob Hamilton > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > without downtime or disruption > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl_______________________________________________ > Oorexx-users mailing list > Oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Oorexx-users mailing list Oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users
