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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 22 Jan 2026 15:40:09 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
      
   > On Jan 22, 2026 at 5:22:19 AM MST, ""David B."" wrote   
   > :   
   >   
   >> Must be an Americanism - I'd say - ".. to replace than data is"! 😉   
   >   
   > Keep in mind "data" is plural.   
      
   It is being used in an uncountable sense, like “flour”.   
      
   The bits in your storage media may be countable, but the information   
   stored in them is not.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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