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Supercat Posted 11 years ago
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An organic molecule is made up of light elements such as carbon.

The molecule is made up light, several elements. And one of these is carbon. I feel carbons wrong, so I selected in a singular form.
Is that sentence is okay?
  

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Supercat An organic molecule is made up of light elements such as carbon. The molecule is made up of light, several light elements , a nd one of these is carbon. I feel (that) "carbons" would be wrong, so I used selected in a the singular form.

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  • Supercat An organic molecule is made up of light elements such as carbon.
  • The molecule is made up of light, several light elements , a nd one of these is carbon.
  • I feel (that) "carbons" would be wrong, so I used selected in a the singular form.
  • Is that sentence is okay?
  • Your sentence is fine from a language point of view.
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Supercat An organic molecule is made up of light elements such as carbon. The molecule is made up of light, several light elements, and one of these is carbon. I feel (that) "carbons" would be wrong, so I used selected in a the singular form. Is that sentence is okay?
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And not just light elements. C2H5Hg is ethyl mercury, an organic mercury compound, and C2952H4664O832N812S8Fe4 is hemoglobin, which famously contains iron.
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Oh really. Thank you for your very helpful answer. Yes I think an organic molecule contains at least one carbon atom, though I didn't know ever lol. Answer me when I post again
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deadratAnd not just light elements. C2H5Hg is ethyl mercury, an organic mercury compound, and C2952H4664O832N812S8Fe4 is hemoglobin, which famously contains iron.
Oh you know very well
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deadratC2952H4664O832N812S8Fe4 is hemoglobin, which famously contains iron
Iron is not considered a "light" element!

http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Organic_Chemistry/Fundamentals

The term organic in chemistry has a very specific definition
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Thank you for the link. I added to my bookmark.
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AlpheccaStarsIron is not considered a "light" element!
Pretty much my point.
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AlpheccaStars: Iron is not considered a "light" element!deadrat: Pretty much my point.
One that might not be clear to people with little knowledge of science. It's better to make such points explicitly, in my opinion.
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