Soal SMA · Penerapan · Kesulitan 4/5
A student writes: 'The data collected from the survey were analyzed using SPSS.' A teacher comments that the sentence is grammatically correct but stylistically inconsistent in academic writing. Which revision best resolves the inconsistency?
- A.The data collected from the survey was analyzed using SPSS.
- B.The data collected from the survey were analyzed by SPSS.
- C.The data collected from the survey were being analyzed using SPSS.
- D.The data collected from the survey, they were analyzed using SPSS.
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Jawaban: The data collected from the survey was analyzed using SPSS.
In academic writing, 'data' is often treated as a singular mass noun in modern usage; changing 'were' to 'was' resolves the number inconsistency while keeping formal style.
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