If "data" is plural, how is "data point" grammatical? We don't talk about "waters droplet".
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Replying to @moritzkoerber
@EJWagenmakers The OED has "data point" usage going back to 1910, and "data" as a mass noun going back to 17021 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
in fact, the OED's earliest uses of "datas" and "data" as a mass noun *predate* their earliest use of "datum"!
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Replying to @richarddmorey @moritzkoerber
Interesting, but Latin predates OED by about two millenniums ;-)
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*millennia 
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