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Default Re: Plural of the word - INFORMATION

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Originally Posted by Vivian
Is there the word "informations"???
Although the philosopher Francis Bacon referred to ‘immediate informations of the sense’, common usage always employs the collective plural form ‘information’.

The word informations is almost never used, and is regarded as incorrect.

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