Combine two sentences properly

Question

I want to combine the following two sentences properly:

If I omit "information" in the above sentences, I would combine them into

It requires writing to and retrieving from an external memory.

But things becomes complicated when the word "information" is involved, and I don't know how to express it.

Possible duplicate of How to combine in a sentence two verb–preposition pairs that have the same object? — Benjamin Kuykendall, Nov 08 '19 at 03:42
Hi @BenjaminKuykendall, My question is different. I stressed if "information" were omitted, I knew the right combination. But I don't know how to combine them if it presents. — Maybe, Nov 08 '19 at 06:00
Okay, makes sense. The answer isn't that different, but I'm happy to answer the question. — Benjamin Kuykendall, Nov 08 '19 at 06:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '19 at 06:32

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If you use the pronoun it then you can avoid repeating the word information.

It requires writing information to and retrieving it from an external memory.

answered Nov 08 '19 at 06:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '19 at 05:05

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I think the simplest method is to write it like this:

It requires writing and retrieving information to and from an external memory.

answered Nov 10 '19 at 05:05

Jason Bassford

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