Knowing information or having information.
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Knowing information or having information.
Hello all, I have been wondering about this: Many Americans will say: "I did not know this information" or "I found out information about..." This usage of the word information in a frase does not seem correct to me. Or is it?... I would rather use: "I didn't have this information" or "I got information about..." Any experts? Thanks!
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I don't think we need to worry whether the collocations know information and find out information are 'correct' or not. They are not meaningless and, clearly, many native speakers don't find them unacceptable — at least not in casual speech.
If you're a native speaker of English, you can choose whether to use them or not. If you're not a native speaker, it's best to follow the majority. The Online OXFORD Collocation Dictionary offers these as the most popular collocations
May be having information...Not sure by the way..