Data's use of contractions

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:18 pm

Due to his programing, Data cannot use contractions in his speech, and this becomes one of the catalysts that helps Riker to discover Barash's first ploy in "Future Imperfect." Are there any places where the writers/Brent Spiner slip a throw in a contraction in Data's speech? I vaguely remember spotting one in some time in Season 6, but there must be one elsewhere, based on the number of lines.

Nitpicky or not, anyone remember?

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:50 am

At the end of "Datalore", Data says, "I'm fine".

Peculiar that it was in an episode that emphasised Data's inability to use contractions as a way to distinguish the two!

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:58 am

When there are three Datas at the time rip in "We'll Always have Paris", they wonder which one is the "real" one. One of them says "It's me!"

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:19 am

GrahamKennedy wrote:When there are three Datas at the time rip in "We'll Always have Paris", they wonder which one is the "real" one. One of them says "It's me!"

IIRC, one of the Nitpicker's guides also cited that as bad grammar for our intrepid android.