Yes but we arent Romans so I think its acceptable to use data for a single piece of data. If enough people use a word incorectly doesnt it become acceptable?
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2022 6:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: "A Rexx" (or "A REXX") This abuse of latin-derived plurals leads to such obsenities as "piece of data" where "datum" would suffice and "medias". "Why can't the English learn to speak?";was that in Pygmalian, or added for My Fair Lady? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Tom Brennan [t...@tombrennansoftware.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 10:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: "A Rexx" (or "A REXX") I heard that one on a radio advertisement the other day, something like, "All your payroll needs in a single software." Hurts my ears :) https://secure-web.cisco.com/18LoKSoFQLDdgDpWSrqpP8I8ItBv9rPy-lalBn_vk_oddbA5o3ZCljiTF9JQTiDhVZN40P8s9_UpJk0y8gA6OXTuH-XXzaqz1NSEvb-XwjRTOAckrYcNp66RfV51WOTmptIAusealo9Ym2Xk66Asgwj3M3J6FrXhueKzw6R3c6TipnZBoSNATQQXUwiDtyMey1x3Ci3pkFkd6w6t-kNXG_jKZ0CwdPea6_BfK_WxW7TgGRaPVEs1HM44bNSrprIXjj-_cdJ_CDJNI7_qErrFmj1RrIPRdXTk00CwMuwVluf9GbVSzRWQ-TwJ1YM2Bn9yM-jlAH5vXdQ9esV1Rj_hQUJEdTBlbEfhOrs-C1sWEr992Gh77iBM9BbHCV0RG1OBYpYEOJcsNeRBxLN3dCbcBVVoO7nBkR1BRi6_YEAx7EnbSyD44R3Rln96EaPqvFUCYMAyoTY8QDUzf7-h0SYPWBQ/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paycom.com%2Flearn-more%2Fwhy-paycom%2F On 6/7/2022 3:17 PM, Gord Tomlin wrote: > A related pet peeve: "a software". Nobody but nobody says "a hardware". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
