• violentfart@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    You can tell someone is older or in academics/research when they say it like this.

    For most people “data” is a singular set. It’s clearer to say “these sets of data are conclusive”, while if it’s a single study, “this data is conclusive”

    Like why you don’t walk into a police station and say “there were murders everywhere” when you’re talking about crows.