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does not contain vs do not contain

Both phrases are correct, but they're used in different contexts. "Does not contain" is used with singular subjects, while "do not contain" is used with plural subjects.
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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"does not contain"

Use "does not contain" when the subject is singular, such as "The box does not contain any books."

Examples:

  • The bag does not contain any money.
  • The recipe does not contain any dairy.
  • The report does not contain any errors.
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  • Mar 8, 2024 ... git Cloning into bare repository 'ourbigproject.git'... remote: error: MIDX does not contain the BTMP chunk remote: warning: unable to load pack ...
  • Jan 4, 2023 ... We should also have the option for when the Dropdown “does not contain all”, “does not contain one of”, and “is empty”. My use-case is for ...
  • PDF does not contain OCRed text. CB · June 24, 2009. I get this message on a high proportion of occasions I attempt to 'retrieve metadata', and in most ...
  • Mar 9, 2017 ... I get the error: "Library IBM 3573-TL E.20 does not contain any enabled tape drives". It does not always happen, if it happens than always on different tape ...
  • Apr 3, 2023 ... Invalid access token, does not contain scopes: [meeting:write, meeting:write:admin] with account level app ... I am getting this error when trying ...
  • Mar 22, 2018 ... ... upload --from-dir requirements uwsgi-2.0.12.tar.gz: does not contain PKGINFO, skipping uwsgi-2.0.13.1.tar.gz: does not contain PKGI...
  • Nov 28, 2017 ... ... does not contain email address and I get no email. Please let me know if you need any more info to assist me on this. jmangelo November 28 ...

Alternatives:

  • does not have
  • is not included in
  • is devoid of
  • lacks
  • is free from

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"do not contain"

Use "do not contain" when the subject is plural, such as "The boxes do not contain any books."

Examples:

  • The bags do not contain any money.
  • The recipes do not contain any dairy.
  • The reports do not contain any errors.
  • May 24, 2023 ... Hide all rows in table that do not contain X, Y, or Z in columns G, J or K. ... I have a massive google sheet where I am trying to hide most of ...
  • Oct 4, 2017 ... List or Search Users Management API - Users' Profiles Do Not Contain "blocked" Attribute · Ensure a database connection user with email user@ ...
  • Aug 29, 2023 ... I am trying to count all cells that do not contain the text "gap" and cells that are not blank but I'm having trouble. Below are the two formulas I've tried.
  • Jun 19, 2011 ... The selected locations do not contain pictures to preview, but other files exist. To view these files, on the view menu click Show Pictures Only.
  • Nov 27, 2018 ... Options passed to vue-multiselect do not contain groups, despite the config. What didn't I do? The group name is showing up nicely and seems ...
  • Jul 16, 2012 ... How to find all files that do NOT contain specific string in windows environment Visual Studio or any other IDE? 0 · (Windows) Find files that ...
  • Jun 15, 2010 ... I tried for an hour but couldn't find the answer. I need to search my syslogs from a specific host for entries that do not contain the word ...
  • Apr 29, 2020 ... Need custom formula to highlight entries that do not contain 2/8 and 1/4. Hi I am trying to highlight wrong answers in a column. So if the ...
  • Negative matching using grep (match lines that do not contain foo) [duplicate] · Ask Question. Asked 14 years, 3 months ago. Modified 1 year ago.
  • Feb 17, 2010 ... ... do not contain a string? For example: List all files in c:\inetpub\mywebsite that do not contain "footer.asp". notepad++ · regex · Share. Share ...

Alternatives:

  • do not have
  • are not included in
  • are devoid of
  • lack
  • are free from

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