if no data is available vs if no data are available

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'If no data is available' is more commonly used when referring to data as a singular entity, while 'if no data are available' is used when referring to data as a plural noun. The choice between 'is' and 'are' depends on whether you consider 'data' as a singular or plural noun.

Last updated: March 21, 2024 • 6639 views

if no data is available

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to data as a singular entity.

This phrase is used when referring to data as a singular noun. 'Is' is the correct verb form to use with singular nouns.

Examples:

If no data is available, the system will default to the previous settings.
Please check again later if no data is available now.

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What JSON to return if no data is available? No problem. We won't show you that ad again. Why didn't you like it? Uninteresting; Misleading
amCharts: Set value 0 if no data is available on that date. No problem. We won't show you that ad again. Why didn't you like it? Uninteresting
stop recv from socket if no data is available. No problem. We won't show you that ad again. Why didn't you like it? Uninteresting; Misleading
Jun 16, 2015 ... (Print only data available) set to “False”, the report will print only the page headers and footers if no data is available on the Dataset.

Alternatives:

if there is no data available
if no information is available
if no data is present
if no data can be found
if no data exists

if no data are available

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to data as a plural noun.

This phrase is used when referring to data as a plural noun. 'Are' is the correct verb form to use with plural nouns.

Examples:

If no data are available, we will need to collect more information.
Please let us know if no data are available for analysis.

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Any or all of the following fields may appear in a record, depending on the content and type of the source document. If no data are available for a particular field, ...
If no data are available for a particular country for a given year or program, does that mean there wasn't any foreign aid given to that country for that year or ...
If no data are available, then you may need to either check the original data portal to 1) find atmospheric data that still needs to be reprocessed or 2) find whether ...
If no data are available for any of the Outcome Measures, specify zero ("0") for the Number of Participants Analyzed in each Arm/Group, and leave the data fields ...

Alternatives:

if there are no data available
if no data are present
if no data can be found
if no data exist

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if no data is available vs if no data are available