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Englishnewbie Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"information exchange"

Hello,

I am looking at dictionaries, and it seems that "exchange" is a countable noun.

But I notice that many people use "information exchange" like

There is widespread information exchange.

Can this be used as an uncountable noun?
If so, why?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

There is widespread information exchange. I would write this as a countable noun: It is not plural, but is a mass noun in this case. There is a widespread exchange of information.

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  • There is widespread information exchange.
  • I would write this as a countable noun: It is not plural, but is a mass noun in this case.
  • There is a widespread exchange of information.
  • In the following case, it is plural, and countable: There are many exchanges of goods and money in the market.
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There is widespread information exchange.

I would write this as a countable noun: It is not plural, but is a mass noun in this case.
There is a widespread exchange of information.

In the following case, it is plural, and countable:

There are many exchanges of goods and money in the market.
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