Meaning & use
additional information
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Meanings
phraseuncountable
extra facts or details supplied to add to what is already known.
Grammar: Uncountable: you can say 'some additional information' but not 'an additional information' or 'additional informations'.
Patterns
- additional information about something
- additional information on something
- provide additional information
- request additional information
Please contact us if you need additional information about the course.
The website provides additional information on local transport.
For additional information, see the notes at the end of the chapter.
phraseuncountable
further details that make a report, story, or explanation more complete.
Grammar: Often used after verbs like give, offer, or receive; it does not take a/an.
Patterns
- give additional information
- receive additional information
- additional information about something
The witness gave additional information that changed the case.
We received additional information after the first interview.
The article includes additional information about the history of the town.
Common combinations
- provide additional information
- The teacher provided additional information about the exam format.
- request additional information
- I requested additional information from the hotel about parking.
- additional information about
- She asked for additional information about the job.
- for additional information
- For additional information, call this number.
- without additional information
- We cannot solve the problem without additional information.
Synonyms and how they differ
- further information
- Very similar, but 'further' often suggests information that comes later or goes deeper, while 'additional' simply means extra.
- extra details
- More informal and countable; use it in conversation rather than in formal writing.
- supplementary information
- More formal and technical, often used for documents that support a main text.
Word family
- addition noun
- The act of adding something, or a thing that is added.
- additional adjective
- Extra; added to what already exists.
- additionally adverb
- In addition; also.
Commonly confused: additional information or addition information?
additional information vs addition information
This is a common mistake: 'addition' is a noun, so it cannot describe 'information'. Use the adjective 'additional' instead.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence.
Choose one answer.
'Additional information' is uncountable, so it can be used with 'some' but not with 'an', 'many', or a plural form. Option B is correct; An and D use determiners that need a countable noun, and C wrongly adds -s.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “additional information”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.