“Informations” or “information”?
Information is uncountable: no -s and no “an”. Say “some information”, “a piece of information” or “a lot of information”. The same goes for advice, feedback, equipment, furniture and luggage.
Please give me some informations.
Please give me some information.
Why Hindi speakers say it
Hindi can make जानकारी plural (जानकारियाँ), and many other languages count information too. English treats it as a mass, like water, so it has no plural. The same group includes advice, feedback, equipment, furniture, luggage and news.
Three more examples
| Instead of | Say |
|---|---|
| Thanks for your valuable feedbacks. | Thanks for your valuable feedback. |
| I need an advice. | I need some advice. |
| We bought new equipments. | We bought new equipment. |
Quick self-check
Answer in your head, then open the answer.
Choose the correct sentence.
- Can you share more informations?
- Can you share more information?
- Can you share an information?
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b) Can you share more information? Information: no -s, no an.
Thank you for your ___.
- feedbacks
- feedback
- a feedback
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b) feedback Feedback is uncountable.
Let me give you ___.
- an advice
- some advices
- some advice
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c) some advice Advice is uncountable: some advice.
Practise it out loud
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Questions
How do I count information?
Use a unit word: “a piece of information”, “two pieces of advice”, “an item of equipment”.
Is “news” singular or plural?
Singular, even though it ends in -s: “The news is good.”