Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by NEBULA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Sun, 6 Feb 1994 15:34:42 -0500 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Sun, 6 Feb 1994 15:34:38 -0500 Message-Id: <199402062034.AA02167@eli.CS.YALE.EDU> Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6257; Sun, 06 Feb 94 15:31:52 EST Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 4797; Sun, 06 Feb 94 15:33:35 EDT 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: Erik Rauch Status: RO X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Mon Feb 7 09:43:04 1994 X-From-Space-Address: @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET 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.