Re: [tied] Re: substratums

In a message dated 8/27/02 1:19:35 PM Central Daylight Time, CeiSerith@... writes:

Two more interesting words are "media," which is singular in the US, but I believe plural in England, and "data," which some insist is plural and some consider singular. My personal opinion for "data" is that it depends on the exact usage. My personal opinion on people who get upset when one of these is used "incorrectly" is that life is too short.

Dear David,
The Media are plural in English, Medium, Media. The parallel is Datum, Data. Seldom are the singulars of these words used, also see Genus, Genera for less regular usage.

It is quite common to see the purists making corrections of misusages of the above in the press and broadcast media, of which newspaper industry may be one medium that is most serious in this regard.

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