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Sextus Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Singular or plural?

0I've got a question about the following sentence:02br
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00"In what follows, I will summarize the content of the eleven papers and discuss some of the issues they raise".02br
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00I'm not sure whether I should say "contents" instead of "content".02br
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02font 02br 02br 01i 00Contents02i 00 would sound 01b 00to me02b 00 too much of an inventory. 01i 00Content02i 00 seems to me more abstract. 02br 02br 00 However, at Google: 02br 02br 00 43 for "summarize the content of 01b 00those02b 00"02br 00 20 for "summarize the contents of 01b 00those02b 00"02br 02br 00 As you can see, I searched for several things with 01b 00those02b 00, a plurality.

— Marius Hancu

  • 02font 02br 02br 01i 00Contents02i 00 would sound 01b 00to me02b 00 too much of an inventory.
  • 01i 00Content02i 00 seems to me more abstract.
  • 02br 02br 00 However, at Google: 02br 02br 00 43 for "summarize the content of 01b 00those02b 00"02br 00 20 for "summarize the contents of 01b 00those02b 00"02br 02br 00 As you can see, I searched for several things with 01b 00those02b 00, a plurality.
  • Still01font 00, content02font 00 was the dominant.
  • 02br 02br 02br 0-
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01i00Contents02i00 would sound 01b00to me02b00 too much of an inventory. 01i00Content02i00 seems to me more abstract. 02br
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00 However, at Google: 02br
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00 43 for "summarize the content of
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