these information or this information

[Gość: mm]

these information or this information when I would like to ask for few
things????

[Gość: chickenShorts]

Gość portalu: mm napisał(a):

> these information or this information when I would like to ask for few
> things????

THIS!!! It's always understood as a body of information, facts, knowledge...

[Gość: butterfly]

Gość portalu: chickenShorts napisał(a):

> Gość portalu: mm napisał(a):
>
> > these information or this information when I would like to ask for few
> > things????
>
> THIS!!! It's always understood as a body of information, facts, knowledge...


Indeed, and my teachers used to say that I could ask for a few pieces of
information - I guess they were right

[Gość: jargosia]

that's right. information doesn't have plural form, hence it's this. you can't
say informations, you needs something to make it appear plural

[Gość: awalk]

> Indeed, and my teachers used to say that I could ask for a few pieces of
> information - I guess they were right

Sure, they were. Using the same rule you might say a few bottles of water or a
few pieces of wood. Information, water and wood are uncountable nouns while
pieces and bottles are countable. That is why you say this water, this
information and this wood but these pieces and these bottles.

[Gość: Mietek]

You could also say "these waters" or "these woods".

[Gość: awalk]

Gość portalu: Mietek napisał(a):

> You could also say "these waters" or "these woods".


Yes, but the meaning is different. H2O is always uncountable, territorial
waters are countable. Wood meaning material, which trees are made from, is
uncountable, a wood meaning something less than a forest is countable. There
are also many other examples of nouns, that depending on the context or
meaning, are countable or uncountable, just look in a dictionary.

[greatwhite]

Gość portalu: Mietek napisał(a):

> You could also say "these waters" or "these woods".

There are fish in these waters.
There no people in these woods.

Both Correct!

[greatwhite]

greatwhite napisała:

> Gość portalu: Mietek napisał(a):
>
> > You could also say "these waters" or "these woods".
>
> There are fish in these waters.
> There no people in these woods.

There are no people......:-)
>
> Both Correct!
>
>

_____THIS!!!

[greatwhite]

Gość portalu: mm napisał(a):

> these information or this information when I would like to ask for few
> things????

[Gość: mathom]

"information" is an uncountable noun, therefore singular form is correct.

[Gość: sisi]

Jeez!
One question that could've been answered with any dictionary and a flood of
threads... .