Worthstream comments on Advices needed for a presentation on rationality - Less Wrong

2 Post author: Worthstream 13 June 2012 10:41AM

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Comment author: Worthstream 14 June 2012 10:18:09AM *  0 points [-]

Thank you! As you may have guessed, english is not my first language. While it is easy to find grammar rules, it is actually difficult to find informations on the correct wording to choose.

Comment author: arundelo 14 June 2012 07:06:51PM 2 points [-]

The concept to be aware of here is mass noun versus count noun. A lot of words can be used both ways (often with slightly different meanings) but "advice" and "information" are always mass nouns. (Which means they are grammatically singular but cannot take an indefinite article; that is, you don't say "an advice" or "an information".)

Comment author: stcredzero 14 June 2012 06:46:59PM *  1 point [-]

You're welcome. "Information" should be singular for the original reason discussed in this thread.