"Content" or "Contents"?
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00:00 &Quot;Content&Quot; Or &Quot;Contents&Quot;?
00:16 Answer 1 Score 8
00:56 Accepted Answer Score 64
01:49 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 64
You should be aware where you're using it.
According to ldoce:
- contents [plural] : 1) the things that are inside a box, bag, room etc 2) the things that are written in a letter, book etc
She kept the contents of the letter a secret.
- content [singular] the amount of a substance that is contained in something, especially food or drink
water with a low salt content
- content [singular, uncountable]: the ideas, facts, or opinions that are contained in a speech, piece of writing, film, programme etc
The content of the media course includes scripting, editing, and camera work.
- content [singular, uncountable]: the information contained in a website, considered separately from the software that makes the website work
The graphics are brilliant. It’s just a shame the content is so poor.
ANSWER 2
Score 8
The New Oxford American Dictionary entry for content has:
1. (usu. contents) the things that are held or included in something: he unscrewed the top of the flask and drank the contents | he picked up the correspondence and scanned the contents.
• [usually in singular] the amount of a particular constituent occurring in a substance: milk with a low-fat content.
2. the substance or material dealt with in a speech, literary work, etc., as distinct from its form or style: the outward form and precise content of the messages.
So, it tends to be used in the plural, except in certain particular cases.