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[–] [email protected] 76 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Data is already plural, so the form datas does not exist. It even has the rarely used singular datum as it is just Latin for "given", but using data instead is generally also regarded correct.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But the keyboard has no Ban key

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Boten Anna's does

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I agree, although some very unsympathetic part of me internally screams every time I read that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

OP is obviously Dr. Noonien Soong

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Technically correct, which is the best kind.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago

Datas is correct if you are referring to multiple distinct populations of data. Which in this case works.