Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #14) id m0pTGBq-0000Q9C; Sun, 6 Feb 94 22:34 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3982; Sun, 06 Feb 94 22:34:33 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 3980; Sun, 6 Feb 1994 22:34:33 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0696; Sun, 6 Feb 1994 21:33:43 +0100 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 09:43:04 GMT+1200 Reply-To: Chris Handley Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Handley Organization: University of Otago Subject: English usage To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 919 Lines: 21 Hi all > Lojbab writes: > My data is based on 75315 words of Lojban text (367K) compared to Cowan's Am I one of the last of a vanishing breed that still believes that data' is a plural word, or has usage overtaken (as in so many other cases). If that is the case when can we expect to see 'datas', 'medias' and so on? Yes I know I am nitpicking, it comes from have a series of pedants as English teachers during my formative years. ====================================================================== Chris Handley chandley@otago.ac.nz Dept of Computer Science Ph (+64) 3-479-8499 University of Otago Fax (+64) 3-479-8577 Dunedin, NZ ______________________________________________________________________ There are three types of Computer Scientist: those who can count and those who can't.