x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhat's something you want to tell us lemmy users ?message-squaremessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down16
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you want to tell us lemmy users ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 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-squarespittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoIt matters a little to me and I didn’t know that ‘mitochondria’ is plural. So thanks.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 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-up2·6 months agoOoooh, I never even thought about that one!
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!