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Wilhelm Tell Posted 14 years ago
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DNA plural or singular?
Hallo!
Is DNA plural or singular?
I wish to write: "DNA collected from the crime scene is tested at the laboratory".
The DNA in this case is not one, but multiple pieces of DNA. Still, can it be treated as one?
Thank You!
Is DNA plural or singular?
I wish to write: "DNA collected from the crime scene is tested at the laboratory".
The DNA in this case is not one, but multiple pieces of DNA. Still, can it be treated as one?
Thank You!
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Wilhelm Tell DNA collected from the crime scene is tested at the laboratory. In your example sentence, DNA is singular (uncountable). " In other sentences, it could be countable.
- Wilhelm Tell DNA collected from the crime scene is tested at the laboratory.
- In your example sentence, DNA is singular (uncountable).
- " In other sentences, it could be countable.
- The DNA's from the two crime scenes did not match.
- ") You could also make this one uncountable: The DNA from the two crime scenes did not match.
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Wilhelm TellDNA collected from the crime scene is tested at the laboratory.In your example sentence, DNA is singular (uncountable). It's "stuff."
In other sentences, it could be countable.
The DNA's from the two crime scenes did not match. (Not sure of the correct formation of the plural of "DNA.")
You could also make thi
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