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Marold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

A great deal of

I've come across a lot of times the phrase: a great deal of and I still don't know whether it is used either with countable nouns or uncountable nouns or even both countable and uncountable.

And what about a large number of, a good deal of...?

In conclusion, would it be possible to use: a great deal of people, things...?

Thank you in advance.
  

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To tell you the truth, people get these mixed up all the time and their usage is sometimes blurred. But, as a general rule, "A great deal of" and " a good deal of " are used with uncountable nouns. A great deal of money was stolen from the bank.

— JohnParis

  • To tell you the truth, people get these mixed up all the time and their usage is sometimes blurred.
  • But, as a general rule, "A great deal of" and " a good deal of " are used with uncountable nouns.
  • A great deal of money was stolen from the bank.
  • A good deal of information became available after the police raid.
  • and " A large number of " is used with countable nouns (a hint is the word ''number').
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To tell you the truth, people get these mixed up all the time and their usage is sometimes blurred. But, as a general rule, "A great deal of" and "a good deal of" are used with uncountable nouns.
A great deal of money was stolen from the bank.
A good deal of information became available after the police raid.
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"A large number of" is used with countabl
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MaroldI've come across a lot of times the phrase: a great deal of and I still don't know whether it is used either with countable nouns or uncountable nouns or even both countable and uncountable.
Uncountable

And what about a large number of
Countable.


In conclusion, would it be possible to use: a
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Thank you both.

The usage is now clear to me and I have to confess that I've been doing this mistake all the time.

I think I had a grasp of the issue now.
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But do we put the verb in - A large number of people - in singular or plural?
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in the official Cambridge guide to IELTS page 39 we have a section as follow, when a great deal of changes were taking place. why is that???

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