Uh, is anal retentive singular or plural?

DM&FS

At 12:28 PM 1/3/2004, Alistair Bell wrote:
>on 3/1/04 3:16 am, Frank Condelli wrote:
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> > Well, the data is still valid and
> > just needs to be used  with caution.
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>Now, I can't wait to hear what George says about that oxymoron!
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>:)
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>Alistair
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>PS, pet peeve, data is plural, sentence should read "...the data ARE
>valid..."
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