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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But the keyboard has no Ban key

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Boten Anna's does

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

OP is obviously Dr. Noonien Soong

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

Technically correct, which is the best kind.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago

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