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by mkirlin 4168 days ago
Subject-verb agreement for the internet age will have to wait for a while.
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madcaptenor 4168 days ago
Perhaps the word "statistics" is singular, like "mathematics".
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mgkimsal 4168 days ago
It's something I've heard both ways. Whether it's correct in both cases ... I'm not sure. "I end up feeling like a statistic" is a singular form, for sure, but I often hear/read "statistics" referenced singularly as well.
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Bahamut 4168 days ago
Statistics refers to the subject (usually), while a statistic has a specific meaning within statistics.
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