yet another about uncountables

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Mr. Tomato

#266140 Tue, 12 Sep 06 10:40 PM

can i say "A large database containing all these information has been collected"
or should I say THIS information?

thx in advance

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Marius Hancu

#266142 Tue, 12 Sep 06 10:54 PM

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Yoong Liat

#266311 Wed, 13 Sep 06 10:55 AM

"Information" is an uncountable noun. Therefore, 'this' should be used. "These" is used with countable nouns.

Hope this helps.

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