This blog is intented to help Germans improve on the finer points of English. Hopefully Germans who read this will reciprocate for us poor Yankees learning German.
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
This blog does not provide good informations
That's because information is a "noncount" noun in English, meaning its plural is never used. I hear and read Germans referring to "informations" or "infos" fairly regularly. It's not at all confusing, but clearly odd.
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