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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

choices is uncountable?

Whole sentence is "But Rikyu didn't have a lot of choice"
Is it right? or "But Rikyu didn't have a lot of choices" should be right?
  

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" may be okay, depending on the context. More context is needed.

— Anonymous

  • " may be okay, depending on the context.
  • More context is needed.
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"But Rikyu didn't have a lot of choice." may be okay, depending on the context. More context is needed.
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Context:
The warlord called Hideyoshi asked Rikyu to hold a tea ceremony for him the nextday. They were totally different people - one was a thoughtful, quiet man and the other was a rich, powerful soldier who'd been fighting all his life. Bug Rikyu didn't have a lot of choice.
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john liaoWhole sentence is "But Rikyu didn't have a lot of choice"Is it right?
'Choice' is simply an uncountable concept there.
john liaor "But Rikyu didn't have a lot of choices" should be right?
That is OK, too. Now it is a countable plural, individual instances of the concept.
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