Hever
Member
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2011
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Germany
- Current Location
- Germany
German students love to write "The text informs about ..." when summing up the contents of a newspaper article. Since "inform" is a transitive verb, I always mark this wrong. Some colleagues, however, seem to accept it. Am I too pedantic? Can you leave out who is informed?