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Great, thank you! The first post is what convinced me to have this presentation, but i did lose the link.

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.

4arundelo
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".)
2stcredzero
You're welcome. "Information" should be singular for the original reason discussed in this thread.

Hi, Worthstream here. I'm from Italy, as you will no doubt notice from my unusual choice of words. (Europeans then to overuse latin derived words in my experience)

I'm graduated in computer science, currently working as a web programmer, the kind of technical background i think is quite common here, judging by the number of useful applets and websites built by community members (Beeminder, just to name the first that comes to mind).

I'm a regional coordinator of the italian Mensa, a society i joined thinking that i would have found a lot of rational people. ... (read more)

5TheOtherDave
* raises finger * * opens mouth * * closes mouth * * lowers finger * Hi, Worthstream. Welcome to LW.! Yeah, CS backgrounds are pretty common here, as is being disappointed by Mensa, liking HP:MoR, and an ongoing struggle with managing the shiny distractions of the Internet.