Learn English – For your information or for your kind information

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Forwarding mails with FYI tag was my normal practice. I got a mail from my lead with a line as " For your kind information ". Which is correct, For your information or for your kind information?

Best Answer

"For your kind information" seams to appear only in Indian English.

The adjective "kind" here describes "information". Here's to ask then "Can information be kind?" or "What is kind information?" - this doesn't make sense. Information cannot be kind (it can be good or bad; helpful or not, but not kind) and therefore it is a semantically incorrect usage of the word.

The correct phrase is "For your information" or just FYI for short.

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