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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Choice/ choices
A. The restaurant menu offers a wide choice of dishes.
B. The restaurant menu offers a wide choices of dishes.
I wonder the plural word of choices is correct here. Is it correct to say choices?
You could take a holiday in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary or Slovenia.
Could you say, in the above case, there are several choices ?
The nursery close to our house is the first choice for our family. This way, you could talk about the first choice, second choice and so on. So you have several choices.
However, I find the word choice is tricky to judge whether it is countable.
B. The restaurant menu offers a wide choices of dishes.
I wonder the plural word of choices is correct here. Is it correct to say choices?
You could take a holiday in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary or Slovenia.
Could you say, in the above case, there are several choices ?
The nursery close to our house is the first choice for our family. This way, you could talk about the first choice, second choice and so on. So you have several choices.
However, I find the word choice is tricky to judge whether it is countable.
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Yes, it works either way-- it is either the thing chosen, or the ability to choose. A. The restaurant menu offers a wide choice of dishes.
- Yes, it works either way-- it is either the thing chosen, or the ability to choose.
- A.
- The restaurant menu offers a wide choice of dishes.
- FINE B.
- The restaurant menu offers a wide choices of dishes.
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Yes, it works either way-- it is either the thing chosen, or the ability to choose.
A. The restaurant menu offers a wide choice of dishes. FINE
B. The restaurant menu offers a wide choices of dishes. NO, BECAUSE OF 'a"-- 'THE RESTAURANT OFFERS MANY CHOICES' WOULD BE OK BUT NOT EXPECTED (A IS EXPECTED).
You could take a holiday in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary
A. The restaurant menu offers a wide choice of dishes. FINE
B. The restaurant menu offers a wide choices of dishes. NO, BECAUSE OF 'a"-- 'THE RESTAURANT OFFERS MANY CHOICES' WOULD BE OK BUT NOT EXPECTED (A IS EXPECTED).
You could take a holiday in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary
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Hello Andrei
I would say that 'choice' has three main meanings, each of which relates to a particular aspect of the process of choosing:
1. 'The act of choosing.' Usually singular; can be uncountable.
2. 'The collection of possible things to choose from.' Usually singular; can be uncountable.
3. 'A thing that is chosen, or can be chosen.' Can be either singular or pl
I would say that 'choice' has three main meanings, each of which relates to a particular aspect of the process of choosing:
1. 'The act of choosing.' Usually singular; can be uncountable.
2. 'The collection of possible things to choose from.' Usually singular; can be uncountable.
3. 'A thing that is chosen, or can be chosen.' Can be either singular or pl
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