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Gabriel
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Post by Gabriel » Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:09 pm

Can you please tell me if "the contents of a book" is followed by a verb in the plural or singular? What about "the contents of a bottle"?
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Stephen Jones
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Post by Stephen Jones » Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:02 pm

'Contents' is usually plural. As a plural non-count noun it is an exception to the norm in English.
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Post by Gabriel » Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:39 pm

So does that mean that "The contents of an English book IS at the beginning of ..." and "The contents of the bottle IS unknown" ?
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Post by Stephen Jones » Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:40 pm

Plural verb!

The contents are
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