Is "Data" Singular or Plural?

The data are correct or The data is correct? 

Answered from Charles Carson, managing editor of the journal American Speech

The question seems easy enough: is data singular or plural? Unfortunately, the answer is that both usages are standard.
We could explain why grocery store signs should read 10 items or fewer instead of 10 items or less. Count nouns are used for objects that can be counted; that is, they're distinct objects that can be numbered. For example, in my refrigerator there are eggs, apples, and lemons. These are all count nouns. Count nouns can be singular or plural, and when you use them as the subject of a sentence, the verb must correctly reflect that number, as in

The last apple IS on the bottom shelf

or

The eggs ARE fresh.

Mass nouns, on the other hand, are used for things that don't have a natural boundary and can't be counted. Also in my fridge are butter, iced tea, and bacon. These are all mass nouns. Mass nouns always take a singular verb, as in:

 The iced tea IS already sweetened and They say bacon IS bad for you, but I love it.

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Today’s class :regular past tense verbs

Xem Video của Sarah về cách dùng động từ quy tắc thì quá khứ nhé.

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Today’s class | Compound words

A compound word is made when two words are joined to form a new word. Example “newspaper” from “news” and “paper” is compound word .
Learn lesson from Sarah in the video below about compound words.

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make or do 2

1. _______________ a bet
2. _______________ a job
3. _______________ the dishes
4. _______________ a skirt
5. _______________ the cleaning
6. _______________ your hair
7. _______________ believe
8. _______________ amends
9. _______________ some damage
10. _______________ a home
11. _______________ fifty press ups
12. _______________ some yoghurt
13. _______________ a fortune
14. _______________ a model
15. _______________ a noise
16. _______________ your best
17. _______________ the washing up
18. _______________ an application
19. _______________ some work
20. _______________ some harm
21. _______________ a favor
22. _______________ a man of you
23. _______________ a profit
24. _______________ an error
25. _______________ the washing
26. _______________ your nails
27. _______________ do
28. _______________ well in something
29. _______________ a promise
30. _______________ some practice
31. _______________ a reservation
32. _______________ a mess
33. _______________ your duty
34. _______________ ends meet
35. _______________ an effort
36. _______________ your own thing
37. _______________ an enquiry
38. _______________ some money
39. _______________ waves
40. _______________ eyes at someone

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Make or Do

 

Complete each gap below with either

make or do:

 

1. _______________ the laundry
2. _______________ an appearance
3. _______________ something crazy
4. _______________ a phone call
5. _______________ a fuss
6. _______________ your worst
7. _______________ laws
8. _______________ the big time
9. _______________ the honors
10. _______________ war
11. _______________ an excuse
12. _______________ someone feel uncomfortable
13. _______________ yourself proud
14. _______________ sense
15. _______________ sure of something
16. _______________ your way home
17. _______________ an exam
18. _______________ a fire
19. _______________ a face
20. _______________ a decision
21. _______________ business with someone
22. _______________ a date
23. _______________ a fool of someone
24. _______________ justice to something
25. _______________ an impression
26. _______________ an incision
27. _______________ more harm than good
28. _______________ too much
29. _______________ a speech
30. _______________ the grade
31. _______________ the newspapers
32. _______________ a suggestion
33. _______________ a crossword
34. _______________ hay while the sun shines
35. _______________ the shopping
36. _______________ history
37. _______________ some exercise
38. _______________ the trick
39. _______________ someone else’s dirty work
40. _______________ a mistake

 

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Cách dùng A few , A fair , A couple ..

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Chúng ta xem 1 ví dụ về cách dùng a few, a fair và couple:

"All I need is a few shirts, a couple of changes of underwear, one pair of pants, and my toiletry kit. That's about it."

 

a few (of something)

adj. more than one but indefinitely small in number

"A few" is a number that's not specific, but it usually means somewhere between 3-10. It's a little less formal than "several" and also sounds like a slightly lower number. Here are some examples:

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