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 #2 (permalink) Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:14 am News/information |
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Hi revazchik,
News is an account about what has recently happened as in a news programme on the tv or radio telling you what has happened in the world.
Information describes facts and details about a certain subject. When you go to a large store and you want to know where you can buy something, you go to the information desk to find out.
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Mar 05, 2006 23:35 pm A piece of grammar pie |
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Uncountable nouns are another small hurdle for English beginner sudents. Common mistakes are: ‘I would like an information’, ‘I heard a news’ or ‘we bought a furniture’, as they would say in their language.
This typical feature of English seems a bit strange at first and it may take some time to remember to use ‘a piece of’ when meaning just one article:
a piece of luggage/advice/furniture/information/news/clothing/writing/chalk/paper/work, etc. |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 18:40 pm Difference between news and information |
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| ''Well, that's good news''.-Isn't it a mistake?. So why It shouldn't be: ''Well, that's a piece of good news''. |
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 18:45 pm Difference between news and information |
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Why would it be a mistake? You also say the following things:
- that's clear water
- that's good money
- that's good stuff
When you say 'that's good news' you don't refer to any specific piece of information but just to a situation as a whole.
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 19:11 pm Difference between news and information |
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| Mr Torsten, but ''that's'' = ''that is'', so ''is'' (from ''that is'') can be put before an uncountable nouns as: news, information, water, money? And after them we should write: news is...., information is....., water is...? and we shouldn't write: news are...money are.......? |
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| #7 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 19:15 pm Difference between news and information |
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That's right. You say 'that's milk' not 'that are milk'. You ask "What is this?" Answer: That's milk/that's money/that's bread...
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| #8 (permalink) Fri Aug 13, 2010 19:41 pm hi there |
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hi there,I'm just wandering? whats the last thing of this amazing test? whats going to be after all? and kindly could i ask your advice? what to take after this.I'm so gung ho to finish it.
looking forward to hearing from you Guys.
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