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Nakool Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The report was useless to them because there was no needed information.

Since the report lacked the needed information, it was of no use to them.

My book says the only second is correct. Please tell me what is wrong with first. Please ignore any ',' (comma) mistake.
  

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Nakool The report was useless to them because there was no needed information. The word "there" is rather vague; it doesn't say where! " Bearing that in mind, and as an exercise for you, try to formulate that sentence in other ways.

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  • Nakool The report was useless to them because there was no needed information.
  • The word "there" is rather vague; it doesn't say where!
  • " Bearing that in mind, and as an exercise for you, try to formulate that sentence in other ways.
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Nakool The report was useless to them because there was no needed information.
The word "there" is rather vague; it doesn't say where! Also, that information is specific, so the definite article should be used - e.g., "the needed/required information."

Bearing that in mind, and as an exercise for you, try
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The first sentence is also correct. I've just looked at the book in which there is one of these sentences you mentioned here and there is "The report was useless to them because there WERE no needed information" - it was a mistake, because information is a uncountable noun, hence information IS - WAS
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Nakoolthe report lacked the needed information
Note that this is the right one. It says the report did not have the needed information. It did not contain the information that was needed. It doesn't say that there was no information, i.e., that the information that was needed did not exist.
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