'Information' or 'Informations'? Which One Is Correct? | Mastering Grammar

(Last Updated: 26 September 2024)

Information or Informations: Which One Is Correct?

Information is an uncountable noun and should not be used in the plural form:

✅ The website provides useful information on local wildlife.
❌ The website provides useful informations on local wildlife.

✅ She's looking for some information on how to apply for the scholarship.
❌ She's looking for some informations on how to apply for the scholarship.

✅ A lot of information was shared during the workshop today.
❌ A lot of informations was shared during the workshop today.

Like other uncountable nouns, information takes a singular verb:

✅ The information is available on the company's official website.
❌ The information are available on the company's official website.

✅ The information has helped us solve many customer queries.
❌ The information have helped us solve many customer queries.

✅ The information was clearly presented in a series of charts and graphs.
❌ The information were clearly presented in a series of charts and graphs.

If you need to quantify information, you can say piece(s) of information or some information. Do not say an information:

✅ He gave me a piece of information that changed my whole perspective.
❌ He gave me an information that changed my whole perspective.

✅ The teacher asked for at least three pieces of information to support our thesis statement.
❌ The teacher asked for at least three informations to support our thesis statement.

✅ In the detective's notes, one important piece of information stood out: the timestamp on the security camera was exactly ten minutes slow.
❌ In the detective's notes, one important information stood out: the timestamp on the security camera was exactly ten minutes slow.

✅ Could you give me some information about the new policy?
❌ Could you give me an information about the new policy?

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Examples from the Media

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a request to keep some information barred from public view in the Toronto van attack case. —Toronto Sun (2021)

The reality is too much information can be as bad as no information at all. —Daily Mail (2023)

In isolation, each piece of information was only a minor security issue. But the aggregation of multiple sources of information could be used by skilled and malicious adversaries to crack soldiers' passwords, steal their identities, blackmail them, or physically locate them. —The Sydney Morning Herald (2016)

In fact, knowing just four random pieces of information was enough to reidentify 90 percent of the shoppers as unique individuals and to uncover their records, researchers calculated. —The New York Times (2015)

Real-World Examples of Misuse

When which of the following is used, the noun that follows must be a plural countable noun. Since information is uncountable, we can add pieces of before it to make the question grammatically correct. Alternatively, we can drop information and simply say which of the following is not mentioned.
(Source: St. Joseph's Primary School)
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