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 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
grammar - This is to inform that. . . vs This is to inform you that . . . For most contexts (definitely including yours) to inform is a transitive verb That means you need to specify an object (the person being informed, you in your context) You don't need an "expert" to tell you that this verb is normally transitive - that's one of the key items of information given in any dictionary definition