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Please post only <b><font color=red>easy</font></b> questions and answers here.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/2/vkggv/Post.htm#769976Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:47:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:769976farihasaleh0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/2/vkggv/Post.htm#769976http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-769976.xmlApparently in Canada, &quot;sick&quot; is used to mean &quot;cool&quot; or &quot;awesome&quot; That was a sick concert, dude!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/2/vkggv/Post.htm#697857Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:31:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:697857Philip1http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/2/vkggv/Post.htm#697857http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-697857.xmlI have never come across &#39;information&#39; as a countable noun. However, we can have &#39;bits&#39; or &#39;pieces&#39; of information, which may be what the earlier poster was thinking about.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/2/vkggv/Post.htm#697543Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:08:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:697543Tanit2http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/2/vkggv/Post.htm#697543http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-697543.xmlNo...It&#39;s a countable noun, but it&#39;s singular So we must say : This information Whereas in plural we say : These informations Best regards I&#39;m sorry to inform you that whoever told you this misled you. It&#39;s &quot; this information &quot;.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/2/vkggv/Post.htm#697542Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:03:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:697542Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/2/vkggv/Post.htm#697542http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-697542.xmlNo...It&#39;s a countable noun, but it&#39;s singular So we must say : This information Whereas in plural we say : These informations Best regardshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/2/vkggv/Post.htm#401208Sat, 23 May 2009 15:32:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:401208Yoong Liat4http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/2/vkggv/Post.htm#401208http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-401208.xmlAmazighman wrote: many Thanks for these information As MrP says, it should be this information. ("Information" is an uncountable noun.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#394487Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:32:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:394487MrPedantic5http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#394487http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-394487.xmlYou're welcome, A/man! But don't forget: it's " this information". All the best, MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#394164Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:32:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:394164Amazighman6http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#394164http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-394164.xmlmany Thanks for these informationhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#386389Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:32:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:386389MrPedantic7http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#386389http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-386389.xmlYes indeed, e.g. "The troubled pop princess, who spent a month in rehab earlier this year, was then carried out of the bar sobbing and covered in sick". MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#386026Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:32:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:386026khoff8http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#386026http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-386026.xmlIs it also true in BrE that "sick" can be used as a noun, as in "Careful -- don't step in the sick"?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#385990Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:32:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:385990MrPedantic9http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#385990http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-385990.xmlAnonymous wrote: Be sick can mean ‘vomit’. I feel sick. Where is the bathroom? To clarify, for BrE: 1. I am sick = I am ill, I am unwell. 2. I am being sick = I am vomiting. 3. I was sick = either I was ill or I vomited. 4. I feel sick = I feel as if I'm about to vomit (and may well do so). 5. I felt sick = I felt as if I was about to vomit (but probably didn't). MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#385979Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:32:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:385979Doll10http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#385979http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-385979.xmlLol. Philip you are right, when I use that word people look at my face very strangely but I found a solution. I pronunce it wrong. Though its pronunciation is /sık/, I pronunce it as /'sıg/.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#385397Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:32:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:385397Philip11http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#385397http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-385397.xmlAn aside: Turkish-speaking users here will chuckle to learn that I used "ill" exclusively while teaching English to young teens in Turkey.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#385058Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:32:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:385058Pucca12http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htm#385058http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-385058.xmlThanks Anon! I thought there was no difference between them!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 15:32:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:385054Anonymous13http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDifferenceBetweenSick/vkggv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments44-385054.xmlIn British English, ill means unwell. Ill is most common in predicative position. She couldn’t come because she was ill. Before a noun, many British people prefer to use sick. She spent years looking after her sick husband. Be sick can mean ‘vomit’. I feel sick. Where is the bathroom?