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Michaelting Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Information/informations

Where did you get your information from?

I got if from the Internet.

How do you use the plural form of information, which is 'informations'?
  

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Information isn't used in the plural since it is an uncountable word. CB

  • Information isn't used in the plural since it is an uncountable word.
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Information isn't used in the plural since it is an uncountable word.

CB
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Ok

What about 'culture'?

Japan has unique cultures.

or

Japan has unique culture.
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"Informations" isn't possible. In fact, "information" can refer to both a single piece of information or a great deal of information.
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Japan has a unique culture. You can look up words in online dictionaries like this [url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/culture_1?q=culture]Cambridge Dictionary.[/url] Nouns are marked (c) countable or (u) uncountable. Some nouns can be used in both ways, so
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It is marked as C or U.

So are

Japan has unique cultures.

Japan has a unique culture.

Both of them are acceptable?
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Japan has unique cultures is correct grammatically but sounds a little odd as we usually think there is only one culture in a country. However, if you want to give the impression that there are several cultures, of course you need the plural.

CB

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