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does not contain vs does not contains

The correct phrase is "does not contain." The main verb needs to be in the base form after the auxiliary verb "does." "Does not contains" is incorrect because the verb "contain" should not have an "s" at the end.
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does not contain

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is not present within a specified context or container.

Examples:

  • The box does not contain any books.
  • This software does not contain any viruses.
  • The report does not contain accurate information.
  • The bag does not contain any food.
  • The recipe does not contain any dairy products.
  • Can you use DOES NOT CONTAIN in SQL to replace not like? Ask Question. Asked 11 years, 1 month ago. Modified 3 years, 8 months ago. Viewed 95k times.
  • Aug 16, 2018 ... 3D ultrasound DICOM import error: 'Reference image in series does not contain geometry information. Please use caution.' ... Hi, New Slicer user ...
  • Does NOT contain formula. damon.tackett. 08/29/22 in Formulas and Functions. Hi everyone. I am trying to come up with a formula that provides a solution ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 7, 2016 ... wim file and click "Next" and get the following error. "The Platform Pack location does not contain support for this computer manufacturer, ...
  • 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...

Alternatives:

  • is not contained in
  • lacks
  • is devoid of
  • does not include
  • is free from

does not contains

This phrase is incorrect in English. The verb "contain" should not have an "s" at the end when used with the auxiliary verb "does not."

  • Sep 16, 2013 ... ... DOES NOT CONTAINS to replace not like, in the same way you can use: SELECT * FROM table WHERE CONTAINS (column, 'searchword'). sql · sql-server ...
  • Dec 6, 2023 ... Why "value of `paths.{}` should be an array with one element because the src path does not contains * (wildcard)" ?
  • Jul 30, 2013 ... I am trying to find all files, which does not contains a selected string. Find files which contains is easy ... gci | select-string "something ...
  • idToken generated by impersonation does not contains 'kid' property · JWT.io · auth0 · ValdoGhafoor February 12, 2019, 3:42pm 1. Hi ! I recently tried the ...
  • May 10, 2018 ... Your model Does not contains 3D geometry. And I should export a polygonal data from solid work. How do I solve this problem? I am usin keyshot 7
  • Nov 29, 2021 ... OR, do I exclude all the Does Not Contains first? I've tried many variations that haven't worked so I'm really confused by now. :) 0 likes. 2 ...
  • May 5, 2015 ... Instead, open the file in Excel. While it's open drag-and-drop onto EViews. Get the dreaded "Dataset does not contains [sic] any tables" alert.
  • Mar 18, 2014 ... apply a texture which inventor does not contains. hello. i want to apply this texture to a solid (image below). i don' ...
  • Jan 30, 2021 ... Why am I getting error IDictionary does not contains definition for ContainsValue method ? [solved] ; + 5 · 30th Jan 2021, 10:35 AM. Minho ; + 4.
  • Mar 23, 2022 ... I need to create a new column with a binary value (ideally a string 'yes' or 'no'), depending if some other column does not contains a substring.

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