x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat's something you want to tell us lemmy users ?message-squaremessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up171
arrow-up171message-squareWhat's something you want to tell us lemmy users ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year 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-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoData used to be generally used as the plural of datum before it became generally used as a mass noun.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOoooh, I never even thought about that one!
minus-squarespittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt matters a little to me and I didn’t know that ‘mitochondria’ is plural. So thanks.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI had a prof describe the nucleus as “the power house of cell function” and the confusion that statement caused was fucking palpable lol.
minus-squareKISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMidichlorians are the forcehouse of the cell.
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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.
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!
It matters a little to me and I didn’t know that ‘mitochondria’ is plural. So thanks.
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I had a prof describe the nucleus as “the power house of cell function” and the confusion that statement caused was fucking palpable lol.
Midichlorians are the forcehouse of the cell.