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Perfect Stranger Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

[vocab question] content or contents?

Dear Users,

In the following sentence, should there be any changes? Is it content or contents?

Objective: i. To review the previous class content.

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To review what was taught (what we covered) in the previous class . To review the previous lesson.

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  • To review what was taught (what we covered) in the previous class .
  • To review the previous lesson.
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. To review what was taught (what we covered) in the previous class
. To review the previous lesson.
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Thanks AS.

May I know why you wouldn't suggest using the word content/contents?
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Perfect StrangerThanks AS.May I know why you wouldn't suggest using the word content/contents?
It's just not natural.

We can say: review a book.
It is shorter and more direct than: review the contents of the book.

A book can have contents (eg. the table of contents), but it seems odd to me to say a class has contents.
A classroom can
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I see. Thanks! That makes sense.

I suppose content has a different meaning from contents?
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To me they have the same meaning.
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Perfect StrangerI suppose content has a different meaning from contents?
Singular and plural, that's all.
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