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weinzierl
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Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016)
That's interesting. I've never encountered
"datums"
but a quick Google search turned up plenty of examples (like
"Tidal Datums"
) and that
"This plural is permissible only in the sense of 'fixed reference points'"
[1].
Which contexts did you have in mind?
[1]
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/datums
mc32
on May 28, 2018
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Yes things like surveying and mapping was what I was thinking—similar.
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Which contexts did you have in mind?
[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/datums