http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecook/archive/tags/Pedantic/default.aspxTags: Pedanticen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecook/archive/2008/11/27/data-is-a-mass-noun.aspxThu, 27 Nov 2008 18:47:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9146934Steve Cook0http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecook/comments/9146934.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/stevecook/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9146934http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecook/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=9146934Datum is singular. Data is plural. So we ought to talk about these data and many data and fewer data, right?&nbsp; It sounds all wrong to me.&nbsp; Data is like sand, water or furniture: a "<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_noun" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_noun">mass noun</A>".&nbsp; I am very happy saying this data, much data and&nbsp;less data.&nbsp; Much metadata, even.<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9146934" width="1" height="1">Pedantic