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There is a lot of information #1 (permalink) Sun Feb 27, 2005 22:06 pm   There is a lot of information
 

Test No. errors/elem-10 "Tell me about Yourself", question 9

There are a lot of information on Leipzig on the internet and much of it is in English.

(a) are
(b) much
(c) is

Test No. errors/elem-10 "Tell me about Yourself", answer 9

There is a lot of information on Leipzig on the internet and much of it is in English.

Correct entry: is
The error was: (a) are

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There are a lot of information on Leipzig on the internet and much of it are in English.
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why does we have "it" in this example. Is it rule for uncontable nouns?
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It here refers to information. This noun as you know is uncountable and that is why we use the pronoun it.
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There is a lot of information #3 (permalink) Sun Dec 28, 2008 20:48 pm   There is a lot of information
 

so do we always use a singular pronoun for the the uncountable words ?
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There is a lot of information #4 (permalink) Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:06 pm   There is a lot of information
 

hi Alan, tell me how it is correct to say much of it is in English. I know that much is used with countable nouns but I need to explain it more
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There is a lot of information #5 (permalink) Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:30 pm   There is a lot of information
 

Much is used with uncountable nouns so the personal pronoun is always it.
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