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Please can you explain the correct use of content and contents? For example are the following correct:
The content of a penguin's stomach...
The contents of penguins' stomachs...
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Welcome.

Ex: The contents of a penguin's stomach...

From dictionary.com

1. Something contained, as in a receptacle. Often used in the plural: the contents of my desk drawer; the contents of an aerosol can.

2. The individual items or topics that are dealt with in a publication or document. Often used in the plural: a table of contents.

3. The substantive or meaningful part: "The brain is hungry not for method but for content, especially content which contains generalizations that are powerful, precise, and explicit" (Frederick Turner).

4. The proportion of a specified substance: Eggs have a high protein content.
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