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    1. CO@John Topley: I bet you don't say "the data are," and thus you should have no real conceptual problem with things that are multiple being called by a singular name. If you want to name things plural, I see that as a simple preference, that doesn't relate to the number of rows in the table. If you saw a database full of singular table names such as Person, Invoice, Address and so on, would you really get confused and think they only had one row in each of them?
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    2. CO@Emtucifor: In English, we don't say "Look at all the person out there in that crowd of person!" Having a conceptual problem with things that are multiple being referred to by a singular word is to be expected. It's neither usual nor proper. "Data" is exceptional and often used to refer to a piece of a volume of substance, much like "cake". "Would you like (a piece of) cake?" Naming a table "People" because it contains information on multiple individuals makes far more sense than naming it "Person". A data class named "Person" for the ROW makes sense, as do singular column names.
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    3. CO@Triynko I guess it all determines how you think about tables and how you use them. Tables names are used in queries; whether they fit properly into a certain rigid English sentence pattern is up to your personal preference. Here's an English sentence that handles your grammar objection no problem: "Give me all Person rows from the table of the same name." Anyway, my point is that your conceptual/language argument is not automatic or global--it's just how you like to think about it. Other ways are just as logical.
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