x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy · 11 months agoWhat's something you want to tell us lemmy users ?message-squaremessage-square136linkfedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down16
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you want to tell us lemmy users ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy · 11 months agomessage-square136linkfedilink
minus-squareZehzinlinkfedilinkarrow-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-squarespittingimagelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoIt matters a little to me and I didn’t know that ‘mitochondria’ is plural. So thanks.
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.