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Frank[_24_]

On 12/19/2018 10:25 AM, wrote:
On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 7:14:52 AM UTC-5, micky wrote:
OT Has anyone noticed the misuse of the word fulsome lately?

I've heard it used 3 times to mean full, which it does not mean, when
the speakers, all of them college grads, probably lawyers, could have as
easily used "full".

Another word heading down the drain.

Language changes. I'm still coming to terms with "data" as
a singular noun.

Cindy Hamilton

I recall a little Latin and clipped this from Google. Says data is
plural and datum is singular. There are other Latin derived words like
alumni and alumnus for singular and plural.

da·ta
/ˈdadə,ˈdādə/
noun
noun: data

facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
synonyms: facts, figures, statistics, details, particulars,
specifics; More
information, intelligence, material, input;
informalinfo
"a lack of data on the drug's side effects"
Computing
the quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are
performed by a computer, being stored and transmitted in the form of
electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or mechanical
recording media.
Philosophy
things known or assumed as facts, making the basis of reasoning
or calculation.

da·tum
/ˈdādəm,ˈdadəm/
noun
noun: datum; plural noun: data

1.
a piece of information.
an assumption or premise from which inferences may be drawn.
2.
a fixed starting point of a scale or operation.

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