"«Information» o «informations»: singular o plural en anglès?"

Es tracta d'un dels errors més comuns entre els estudiants d'anglès. En alemany no hi ha res de dolent a dir "Informationen" o en francès "informations", són plurals de la paraula "information". Tanmateix, en anglès aquesta paraula és incomptable, és a dir, no té plural. El singular expressa la mateixa idea que "informations" en altres idiomes:

I don't have enough information.

I don't have enough informations.

La incomptabilitat de la paraula "information" també significa que no podeu dir "an information". Si voleu expressar que parleu d'una unitat de "information", podeu utilitzar l'expressió "a piece of information".

That's an interesting piece of information.

That's interesting information. (notice no "an")

That's an interesting information.

I, per descomptat, com que information és un substantiu en singular, utilitzem després d'ell formes verbals en singular (per exemple, "is", "does", "has"):

The information is not correct.

The information are not correct.

Alguns altres exemples d'ús correcte:

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2.	“Lie in bed” or “lay in bed”
3.	“Information is” vs. “informations are” – plural or singular
4.	(An) information – is there an article?
5.	“News is” or “news are” – problematic words ending with an “s”
6.	So, thus, therefore, and hence
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9.	“Help do” vs. “help to do” vs. “help doing”
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1.	Introduction
2.	“Lie in bed” or “lay in bed”
3.	“Information is” vs. “informations are” – plural or singular
4.	(An) information – is there an article?
5.	“News is” or “news are” – problematic words ending with an “s”
6.	So, thus, therefore, and hence
7.	“At school” vs. “in school”
8.	“In office” vs. “in the office” vs. “at the office”
9.	“Help do” vs. “help to do” vs. “help doing”
10.	“In the picture” vs. “on the picture”
11.	“Half five”, “half seven”, “half ten” etc. in British English
12.	“Prefer to” or “prefer over”
13.	“Arrive to” vs. “arrive in” vs. “arrive at”
14.	Each other's vs. each others'
15.	Difference between “cemetery” and “graveyard”