DATA is plural. The singular is DATUM.
The foreign plural of "data" is also "data." In English, "data" can be used as both a singular and plural noun.
The word "data" is technically a plural noun. However, it is commonly used in both singular and plural contexts in modern English.
The true singular form of data is "datum." However, it's so rarely used, that people just assume that "data" is singular form.
The singular form for the noun data is datum."Datum" is so rare now in English that people assume "data" has no singular form. Many Americans use "data" as a singular and some have even gone so far as to invent "datums" as a new plural.
No, the noun 'data' is the plural form of the singular noun 'datum'.The noun 'data' is not a collective noun.A collective noun is a word used to group people or things in a descriptive way.Examples of collective noun for data are a collection of data, a flow of data, a range of data, etc.
The words was and were are not singular or plural, BUT... WAS is used after a singular noun, and WERE is used after a plural noun. Examples: The dog (a singular noun) WAS walking in the park today. The dogs (a plural noun) WERE walking in the park today. A helpful saying to remember; He WAS, they WERE.
No, it is a noun (plural of datum, now almost exclusively used as a singular mass noun).But it is widely used with nouns as an adjunct, e.g. data processing, data stream, data mining.
No, a name is not a plural noun. It is a singular noun used to identify a person, place, or thing.
No, "tidings" is a plural noun. The singular form is "tiding."
No, "analysis" is not a plural possessive. It can be used as both a singular and plural noun. For example, "the analysis" is singular, and "multiple analyses" is plural.
No, "person" is a singular noun. The plural form of "person" is "people."
Stimulus can be both singular and plural depending on its usage. As a singular noun, it refers to a single influence or prompt. As a plural noun, stimuli is used to refer to multiple influences or prompts.