it always bugs me that this phrase isn’t even grammatically correct. mitochondria is plural. it should be “the mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell”
Pedantry gone too far!
Mitochondria would be grammatically correct because there are multiple mitochondrion in the cell. Referring to only one of them would be inaccurate.
Then it’s the mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell
mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell
That makes it sound like each cell has one mitochondrion and each mitochondrion equates to one powerhouse while in fact, all mitochondria of a cell collectively are the powerhouse of the cell
not necessarily. for example we say things like “the lion is the king of the jungle,” but that doesn’t mean there’s only one lion per jungle. sometimes we refer to an archetypal singular to convey something about every member of a group
And sometimes we use the etymological plural of a loan word for the singular or mass noun. Like spaghetti (Italian plural of spaghetto), visa (visum), salami (salame), broccoli (broccolo), mitochondria, …
It’s kinda like like the plural form has also become a colloquial singular form
Same with “a bacteria”
All I ever think of when it comes to mitochondria is Parasite Eve and spontaneous combustion/mutants.
Alright, I’ll do it then.
Who here just lost the game?
What is that phrase actually from? I always thought it was Bill Nye the Science Guy, but I’ve never actually been able to find a clip.
Captain America: Winter Soldier if I’m remembering correctly.
Parasite eve taught me all I needed to know about mitochondria. As well as science. Also there were cig boobs on the eve monster which was pretty cool when I was a horny child.
A+ title
Thanks! I was hoping someone would catch the winter soldier activation
I always just get flashbacks to Clarissa Explains It All.
Mitosis…is…….
I remember that episode! Was it from Clarissa?
Somehow I had forgotten that series altogether, and thought the episode was from Sabrina the Teenage Witch… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Which is the one with her friend ….Harvey?
“I must kill… the Queen…”
