| Drdaviss added a comment. |
Ok, this is one of those words where everyone is right. "Data" is a Latin word, plural for the singular datum. As a researcher, we used it as plural... "These data suggest that the tau protein is involved in the pathology of Alzheimer's dementia." Sure, it sounds strange, but there it is.
In popular English usage, "data" is treated as a singular. For this usage, popular probably trumps Latin.
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