Only countable nouns can be considered singular or plural. For example, 'detail' is singular, 'details' is a plural word. People always have a habit of thinking of the plural forms of any and every word they come across. Similarly in the case of information, many people use it as 'informations' which is completely wrong. For starters, information is an uncountable noun and hence, it is always used as singular. To never forget that information is singular, remember the proverb, 'information is wealth'.
1) George doesn't seem to have any information about the new building that will be soon constructed near his house.
2) The police were searching for a critical piece of information that will reveal the whereabouts of the criminal in the murder case.
3) When WHO declared Covid-19 as pandemic, scientists and biological researchers around the world started working in overdrive mode to find more information about the novel coronavirus so they could develop a vaccine.
4) Internet is always a place where you can get many useful information on any topic that you would like to learn about.
5) Never share your personal information like card number, pin, etc. with strangers, especially when you are speaking to them over the phone.
6) My friend gave me a lot of information about his research paper titled, Biology and its impact on humans.
In the example 6, 'a lot of information' is used. Do not use this phrase as 'a lot of the information that my friend told me are very useful'. The reason is 'are' should not be used for information. If needed, you can write the sentence as follows.
A lot of the information that my friend told me is very useful. However, the common way of saying this sentence is, My friend told me a lot of very useful information.
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This takes us to the next question. Should I say, information 'is' or 'are' in sentences?
You can now answer this question yourself. Because, information is singular, you can only say, information is.... The following are some of the sentences that will give you better clarity on how to use information in sentences.1) George doesn't seem to have any information about the new building that will be soon constructed near his house.
2) The police were searching for a critical piece of information that will reveal the whereabouts of the criminal in the murder case.
3) When WHO declared Covid-19 as pandemic, scientists and biological researchers around the world started working in overdrive mode to find more information about the novel coronavirus so they could develop a vaccine.
4) Internet is always a place where you can get many useful information on any topic that you would like to learn about.
5) Never share your personal information like card number, pin, etc. with strangers, especially when you are speaking to them over the phone.
6) My friend gave me a lot of information about his research paper titled, Biology and its impact on humans.
In the example 6, 'a lot of information' is used. Do not use this phrase as 'a lot of the information that my friend told me are very useful'. The reason is 'are' should not be used for information. If needed, you can write the sentence as follows.
A lot of the information that my friend told me is very useful. However, the common way of saying this sentence is, My friend told me a lot of very useful information.
Feel free to post your comments or suggestions for a new topic.
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