13 Jen bZingsheim/b December 8, 2008 at 9:15 am. I'll throw out my lost cause word: Data. Data are plural, folks. I had a professor in college that would return papers ungraded if anyone wrote ?The data on this is clear.? We all knew it was a pet peeve of hers. b...../b The capital or main body of an bestate/b or financial holding as distinguished from the interest or revenue from it. b. A sum of money owed as a debt, upon which interest is calculated. From The Free Dictionary. ...
