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#2 (permalink) Fri Feb 13, 2009 13:26 pm Is it OK to say 'The data is sitting on hard disk'? |
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. Yes, 'data' is becoming singular. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#3 (permalink) Fri Feb 13, 2009 13:43 pm Is it OK to say 'The data is sitting on hard disk'? |
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Thanks Mister Micawber!
I was wondering if sitting could be used in this sentence? My focus was on that. _________________ Non-native speaker of English
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#4 (permalink) Fri Feb 13, 2009 13:45 pm Is it OK to say 'The data is sitting on hard disk'? |
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. Yes, that seems fine. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#5 (permalink) Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:24 am Is it OK to say 'The data is sitting on hard disk'? |
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| However, I think you should add an article or possessive pronoun before "hard disk": data is sitting on the/a/my hard disk. |
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Cerberus™ I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Sat Feb 14, 2009 19:48 pm Is it OK to say 'The data is sitting on hard disk'? |
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| Wouldn't you rather say that 'the data is stored on a hard disk'. |
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Est1984 New Member
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#7 (permalink) Sun Feb 15, 2009 0:32 am Is it OK to say 'The data is sitting on hard disk'? |
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| Est1984 wrote: |
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Yes, that is more standard. |
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