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Posted: **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"?

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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" ?

Posted: **Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:40 pm**

Plural verb!

The contents are