Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Collecting informations
Can I say,
They are collecting information / informations in the cybercafe with computers.
They are collecting information / informations in the cybercafe with computers.
Top answer
It should be "information". You never say "informations". With "information", the sentence is grammatically feasible, but it's awkward and unlikely.
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It should be "information". You never say "informations".
With "information", the sentence is grammatically feasible, but it's awkward and unlikely. "with computers" is not very natural here (and seems superfluous anyway), and "collecting information" is a strange phrase to use -- unless they're working for the secret services or something like that. I'm struggling to suggest a better al
With "information", the sentence is grammatically feasible, but it's awkward and unlikely. "with computers" is not very natural here (and seems superfluous anyway), and "collecting information" is a strange phrase to use -- unless they're working for the secret services or something like that. I'm struggling to suggest a better al
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Information is used in the same way as butter, bread, and other materials that we can take 'bits' of.
In computing, a binary digit is called a 'bit' exactly because it represents a bit of information.
So:
collecting information. - correct
collecting bits of information. - correct
collecting informations. - wrong.
In computing, a binary digit is called a 'bit' exactly because it represents a bit of information.
So:
collecting information. - correct
collecting bits of information. - correct
collecting informations. - wrong.
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