- prepositions - What is the difference between information on about . . .
With information, in the context you gave, of can only indicate ownership possession It is otherwise incorrect Information of your family Means information belonging to your family To say information relating to something, we can use about or on For example: My family has a history of diabetes This is information on my family or about my
- Provide information on, of or about something?
The documents contain information of great importance The intercepted information was of little merit This doesn't speak about the subject, the actual content of the information but about the information itself: 'of questionable value', 'of no interest to me', 'of utmost urgency' This is a rather formal, official form
- grammaticality - Information on? for? about? - English Language . . .
The phrase "information for" can be used as well, but that generally means something different, and would be structured accordingly – J R ♦ Commented Sep 17, 2015 at 15:19
- plural forms - Information or Informations? - English Language Learners . . .
Information is a non-countable noun (you can't have 4 informations), so it is neither singular nor plural
- phrase meaning - for your information or for your notification . . .
Consider, "For your information, I DO have a PHD in Warp Field Dynamics, and I have 21 years of experience working with star ship engines " When you hear this, you can tell the person is being defensive, but when you are reading a message, it is harder to tell intent
- prepositions - inform about vs inform of - English Language Learners . . .
I think inform of merely talks about the 'information of something' and that's it! Say I'll have to inform her of Joe's kidnapping So, here, we are informing her that Joe is kidnapped And that is all! On the other hand, I'll have to inform her about Joe's kidnapping Means, not only will she be informed that Joe is kidnapped but also the
- What is the difference: being collected vs collected?
"Information being collected" puts the action of collecting the information in present perfect progressive tense because it is still being collected at this time Even though the present of "collected" is "collecting", the subject of the sentence is the information, not the verb "Being collected" describes the information
- Which term is correct? I have no or I dont have any
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