Monday, September 12, 2016

Is it correct to use the word "videos" as plural of "video"?


I.e. in the sentence:



I'm searching for gardening related videos.




or:



You may download the two videos at this link...



Thanks.



Answer



It is common to use "videos" to describe a plurality of video presentations of some kind, so both of your sentences are correct. On the other hand, if a station has video in the form of three satellite feeds, it has three video feeds, not three videos. Video in the sense of video data is a mass or uncountable noun.


Now, your "gardening related" should be "gardening-related" because the two words taken together function as an adjective applying to videos.


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