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minus-squarePatapon Enjoyerlinkfedilink9•27 days agoWhile we’re at it let me get something off my chest Mitochondria is plural. One powerhouse of the cell is a mitochondrion. Bacteria is also the plural of bacterium. Does this matter? Not really.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•27 days agoIt matters a little to me and I didn’t know that ‘mitochondria’ is plural. So thanks.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-227 days agoData used to be generally used as the plural of datum before it became generally used as a mass noun.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•27 days agoOoooh, I never even thought about that one!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•27 days agoI had a prof describe the nucleus as “the power house of cell function” and the confusion that statement caused was fucking palpable lol.
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While we’re at it let me get something off my chest
Mitochondria is plural. One powerhouse of the cell is a mitochondrion. Bacteria is also the plural of bacterium.
Does this matter? Not really.
It matters a little to me and I didn’t know that ‘mitochondria’ is plural. So thanks.
Data used to be generally used as the plural of datum before it became generally used as a mass noun.
Also medium --> media
Ooooh, I never even thought about that one!
I had a prof describe the nucleus as “the power house of cell function” and the confusion that statement caused was fucking palpable lol.
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Midichlorians are the forcehouse of the cell.