Which expression should be used?
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If I wanted to express the following in a general way (like an introduction to an explanation), which expression would be best? Are there any expressions that are obviously wrong? I want to mean that “this protein works in the nucleus of each cell,” but a cell has one nucleus, and there are a lot of cells in the body, so I don't know which expression to use.
(1) This protein works in the nucleus of a cell.
(2) This protein works in the nucleus of cells.
(3) This protein works in the nucleuses of cells.
(4) This protein works in nucleuses of cells.
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The plural of nucleus is irregular (from Latin) - nuclei.
- The plural of nucleus is irregular (from Latin) - nuclei.
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LittleshiroI want to mean that “this protein works in the nucleus of each cell,”
"This protein works in the nucleus of the cell." "The cell" is the general case.
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