tense - Were informed or just informed? - English Language Learners . . . The sentence is in passive form and happened in the past ( past passive tense) When you say "I was informed" it is in past passive tense and means somebody informed you of something But when you say "I informed" it is in simple past tense and means you yourself informed others of something
difference - Inform about vs Inform of vs Inform on - English . . . In the active voice "Inform on" is strongly associated with the meaning of criminal implication given above However, in the passive it merely indicates an area of coverage For example, "He is well informed on a wide variety of topics " simply indicates a person whose knowledge covers many areas
Difference between inform of and inform that If you have a verb like "to inform someone of <something>" and change the construction using a that-clause, the preposition (of etc) is dropped The prepositions remain before clauses with "what" I informed her that I was unwell and could not come to her party He informed us of what had happened
vocabulary - What does informed mean in this sentence? - English . . . So it has really informed how I am in the world in a big way The usage meaning “to influence” is the most appropriate definition here I can tell this because “ informed ” is not an adjective that would work here; that would mean that “it” is knowledgeable, and with the rest of the sentence it would be incorrect if read that way