Keywords: fireworks vs firework

I submitted the fireworks keyword (plural, as usual for this word) on a movie, but it has been changed to firework (singular). However, https://www.imdb.com/find?s=kw&q=fireworks gives 1258 occurrences for fireworks (plural) and only 216 occurrences for firework (singular). Having both forms makes keyword search more complex. Since it is apparently decided to use the singular now, shouldn't all the fireworks keywords be changed to the singular form?

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Grayson

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5 years ago

Hey - like you I think that 'fireworks' is a better keyword and more likely what will be searched for than 'firework'. Evidenced by the number currently applied on the site.

I've changed all the 'firework' keywords to 'fireworks'.

Thanks!

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bradley_kent

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Thanks. This is one of the exceptions where the plural is much better than the singular, just like "forensics," "physics," "family-relationships," and others.

A curious singular that I have come across is "wood" instead of "woods." These, of course, mean two different things.

5 years ago

Marco

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Shouldn't fire-works (https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=fire-works ) be merged into fireworks (https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=fireworks )? And should perhaps fire-works be blocked in favor of fireworks?

5 years ago

vinc17

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@bradley_kent FYI, I submitted the singular "wood" 4 times, but on purpose, for instance for L'enfant rêvé, which takes place around a sawmill.

5 years ago

bradley_kent

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"lumber" might be a better keyword in that particular situation. "wood" can be applied to so many things: trees, furniture, houses, carvings, tinder (firewood), erections, etc. Perhaps there needs to be a modifier of some kind, i.e. wood-the-piece-of-lumber, or some such thing. For clarification purposes, a modifier can "clear up" potential misunderstandings, especially with very generalized words with multiple definitions.

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5 years ago

jeorj_euler

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Great. Y'all got me thinking of firewood now.

:P

— Jeorj Euler, an IMDb regular registrant

5 years ago

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