The word `data’, in English, is a singular mass noun. It is thus a grammatical and stylistic error to use it as a plural.
So for example:
Data is being compiled at the moment
Data was lost when the computer crashed
The word `data’, in English, is a singular mass noun. It is thus a grammatical and stylistic error to use it as a plural.
So for example:
Data is being compiled at the moment
Data was lost when the computer crashed