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| | Posted: | | | | Well, it may seem odd to ask about grammar in this forum, but it is DVD related, so...
I often see a phrase like this when loading a DVD:
"The contents of this Digital Video Disc..."
Now, maybe it just because English is not my native language that I think that this sounds wrong, but in my opinion a container - in this case a DVD - can only have one content. Whatever the DVD contains, that is its content. Singular.
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 | Dan W | | Registered: May 9, 2002 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 980 |
| | Posted: | | | | You decide. Main Entry: 4con·tent Pronunciation: 'kän-"tent Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin contentus, past participle of continEre to contain 1 a : something contained -- usually used in plural <the jar's contents> <the drawer's contents> b : the topics or matter treated in a written work <table of contents> c : the principal substance (as written matter, illustrations, or music) offered by a World Wide Web site <Internet users have evolved an ethos of free content in the Internet -- Ben Gerson> 2 a : SUBSTANCE, GIST b : MEANING, SIGNIFICANCE c : the events, physical detail, and information in a work of art -- compare FORM 10b 3 a : the matter dealt with in a field of study b : a part, element, or complex of parts 4 : the amount of specified material contained : PROPORTION | | | | Dan |
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| | Posted: | | | | It sounds fine to me. The disc can contain multiple main features, bmous features, commentaries, text, etc. So I have no problem with "contents"
But although English is my native language, it was always one of my weakest subjects in school. So I have no idea is I'm right or not. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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  | Berak | | Bibamus morieundum est! |
| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | Shouldn't it be "Digital Versatile Disc"?...  | | | Berak
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| | Posted: | | | | Dan, You've convinced me. I guess it's just a difference between English and Swedish grammar that makes this sound wrong to me. Berak, I guess you're right. I'm old and senile...  | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Dan W | | Registered: May 9, 2002 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 980 |
| | Posted: | | | | Glad I was able to help. | | | | Dan |
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