Words at Work by Kathy McIntosh: Capitalize trademarks like 'Band-Aid' and 'Styrofoam' Some things change, others remain steadfast. I generally choose to look forward rather than back, but the Wall Street Journal recently allowed that the word "data" need not be considered plural any longer. "The reporter's data was carefully reviewed and found valid." I prefer AP Stylebook's guidelines, which prescribe the use of data as singular only when it is a collective noun, considered as a ...
June 10, 2013 - The Idaho Statesman