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what is "inform sth on sth"?
"the notion of multiple intelligences is what informs the research on dog cognition."
how to understand "informs the research on dog cognition"?
I have only seen the phrase of "inform on sb"
how to understand "informs the research on dog cognition"?
I have only seen the phrase of "inform on sb"
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Firstly - my opinion is that it is pretentious, but poorly written English.
To inform is to give information to. As you know - informing on somebody is giving information about them to the authorities. Here - I think it is somewhat inappropriately used, as a notion can't really inform research. Cognition is (in simple terms) information processing- or understanding.
To inform is to give information to. As you know - informing on somebody is giving information about them to the authorities. Here - I think it is somewhat inappropriately used, as a notion can't really inform research. Cognition is (in simple terms) information processing- or understanding.
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