Yikes- my third post today. Paul You are correct that the is/are choice is different depending on the placement of the apostrophe. Which means I may have made one or the other error -either "student's data are" or "students' data is" would be incorrect depending on the circumstance- I actually meant, "students' data are". At least in this case my most egregious error would only provoke folks (my spouse, for example) who are "data are" sensitive. :) She'd argue that even if you meant the data from a single student, "unless it is a single data point it 'are data'". (She uses that to help students remember that "data are plural and datum is singular"). So I guess technically the sentence could read, "student's datum is". Ahh, cold medication and sleep deprivation. Best. Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 10:49 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Need ideas for intro psych lab section I think "the student's data is uploaded" and "the students' data are uploaded" are both correct, though the latter is probably a more accurate reflection of what would be done for a class. Note the position of the possessive apostrophe. Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6940 or send a blank email to leave-6940-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
