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minus-squarePatapon Enjoyerlinkfedilink9•4 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-square@tallinkEnglish4•edit-24 months agoData used to be generally used as the plural of datum before it became generally used as a mass noun.
minus-square@spittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•4 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.