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minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months 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-211 months agoData used to be generally used as the plural of datum before it became generally used as a mass noun.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoOoooh, I never even thought about that one!
minus-squarespittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoIt matters a little to me and I didn’t know that ‘mitochondria’ is plural. So thanks.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months 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-up3·11 months 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.
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.