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English2 Posted 18 years ago
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"Information," or "Informations?"

0 Okay, here are the two words that really confuses me all the time...02br
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00"Information," or "informations" ... ???02br
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00"All the informations are true."02br
00"All the information are true."02br
00"All the information is true."02br
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00"Lots of informations are missing."02br
00"Lots of information are missing."02br
00"Lots of information is missing."02br
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00And what about...02br
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00"All the data is true."02br
00"All the data are true."02br
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00Which is which?02br
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00Please enlighten me on this one.02br
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00Thank you! 0-
  

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0 All the information is true.02br
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00Lots (meaning many pieces/types) of information are missing.02br
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00All the data are true.0-
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0 Information - uncountable02br
00Data can be used with singular or plural verbs. 02br
00All the data shows that ........................02br
00All the data is true. 02br
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00All the data are true02br
00Books 01b00102b00 - 01b001002b00 of 01b003090002b00 on
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01cite1026TMNTJG2PG12cite10Lots (meaning many pieces/types) of information are missing. 12blockquote
10Lots of information 01b00are02b00 missing.02br
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00Shouldn't it be 01b00'is02b00'?0-
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite12br
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11cite2026TMNTJG2PG22cite20Lots (meaning many pieces/types) of information are missing. 22blockquote
20Lots of information 11b10are12b10 missing.12br
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10Shouldn't it be 11b10'is
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10Lots of information 11b10are12b10 missing.12br
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10Shouldn't it be 11b10'is12b10'?12br
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10Correct. "information is missing"0-
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0 "Information," or "Informations?"02br
00There is no such word as "informations". It's always "information". 02br
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0 Okay, so here's the summary...02br
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00"Informations" = wrong.02br
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00"All the informations are true." = wrong.02br
00"All the information are true." = wrong.02br
00"All the information is true." = correct.02br
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00"Lots of informations are missing." = wrong.02br
00"Lots of information are
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00To the original poster02br
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00I still insist that my answers given earlier are correct. (Please note I didn't use 'informations') However, see below and then decide for yourself. Perhaps, you will understand better and remember longer, hopefully.02br
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00From: 05002br
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00—Usage note
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01cite1026TMNTJG2PG12cite11b10There 11u10are12u10 many other aspects of information since it is the knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction.12b12blockquote
10The verb here applies to 01i00aspects02i00, not 01i00information0
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01cite1026TMNTJG2PG12cite10All the information is true. 10Agreed.12br
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10Lots (meaning many pieces/types) of information are missing. 10Agreed in the sense of "lots" at an auction. The information has been sorted into lots. Lot #12 and lot #56 are missing. "Lots" is the plural noun. "Information" i
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