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Subject: the DATA constituteS ? тут док перевожу. как ВЫ думаете, в оригинале ошибка???? the DATA же мн. ч. или ед числоLICENSEE acknowledges that the DATA constitutes valuable and proprietary trade secrets |
| "DATA constitutes" правильно, в английском DATA - ед. число |
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DATA noun plural but singular or plural in construction Usage: often attributive Etymology: Latin, plural of datum Date: 1646 1 : factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation 2 : information output by a sensing device or organ that includes both useful and irrelevant or redundant information and must be processed to be meaningful 3 : information in numerical form that can be digitally transmitted or processed USAGE Data leads a life of its own quite independent of datum, of which it was originally the plural. It occurs in two constructions: as a plural noun (like earnings), taking a plural verb and plural modifiers (as these, many, a few) but not cardinal numbers, and serving as a referent for plural pronouns (as they, them); and as an abstract mass noun (like information), taking a singular verb and singular modifiers (as this, much, little), and being referred to by a singular pronoun (it). Both constructions are standard. The plural construction is more common in print, evidently because the house style of several publishers mandates it. |
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