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Cat fold 525 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Not much opportunity/not many opportunities

Hi there. I came across the sentence below:

The job pays well, but there's not much opportunity for career advancement.

Can I say "The job pays well, but there's not many opportunities for career advancement."?

Which one is more common?

  

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Opportunity is countable, so many opportunities is correct.

— Vsuresh

  • Opportunity is countable, so many opportunities is correct.
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Opportunity is countable, so many opportunities is correct.

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"Opportunity" can be used as a count noun and a non-count one, so both your examples are OK.

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cat fold 525Can I say "The job pays well, but there's not many opportunities for career advancement."?

It is not grammatical. If the subject is plural, the verb must be plural, too.

"The job pays well, but there are not many opportunities for career advancement."


As for commonness, "many opportunit

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