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Shoud it be:

If the total size of your data isn't loo large...?

Data being a plural gets me.

You might have small datums but a lot of kilobytes!


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pousada01/15/2026

Data is technically a plural but nobody uses the singular and it’s being used as a singular term often - which is completely fine I think, nobody speaks Latin anyway

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