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dfranke on July 8, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows developers begin slow defection to Linux

I think it's become acceptable to use it as singular, at least in certain contexts. How often do you hear "Are your data backed up?"

mhb on July 8, 2007 [–]

It has become common - acceptable depends on your willingness to cede precision and expressiveness in the language.

And it doesn't inspire confidence that I am more pedantic about this than the president of a company the name of which includes the word "data".

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