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Hi,I understand "infrastructure" is a countable noun?Which of the following versions are correct (and natural) English?(1) "Integrating an FTP infrastructure into the ABS information system"(2) "Integrating FTP infrastructure into ..."(3) "Integrating FTP infrastructures into..."Is there any noticeable difference between (1) and (3)?Which is "more natural" in your mind?mus-te

EnglishFix · Accepted Answer

(1) is correct.
(2) sounds good
(3) "infrastructures" as a plural sounds strange here.

MUSCOVITE · Answer

Thank you for the reply.
If both (1) and (2) are correct and "natural" English, what is the difference between the two?
If (2) is perfect English, does it imply that "infrastructure" works as an uncountable noun here?

Enoon · Answer

MUSCOVITE Hi,I understand "infrastructure" is a countable noun?Which of the following versions are correct (and natural) English?(1) "Integrating an FTP infrastructure into the ABS information system"(2) "Integrating FTP infrastructure into ..."(3) "Integrating FTP infrastructures into..."Is there any noticeable difference between (1) and (3)?Which is "more natural" in your mind?mus-te

You might as well ask if it's OK to say "Integrating a smicklet into the affenkip." Just thinking about it, I can't see how you can integrate an infrastructure into something else. An infrastructure is a basic framework. You would have to integrate the other thing into that, wouldn't you? I sure don't know.

Matters of sense aside, all three are natural English

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