Choice or Choices

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CAO

#12031 Mon, 03 Nov 03 02:35 PM

I am hesitating at using "a wide choice of display options" or "wide choices of display options"...

Which expression is correct and what is the general rule?

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Mike in Japan

#12056 Tue, 04 Nov 03 12:52 AM

Sorry if I don't answer your question directly, but I would simply say 'many display options'.
Maybe someone else can give you a more direct answer.

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CAO

#12447 Sun, 09 Nov 03 03:48 AM

That is not an individual problem. I am always not sure in these kinds of instances. Chinese is very different from English, at least in this point - "plural or not"?

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ryan smith

#12547 Mon, 10 Nov 03 04:55 AM

"a choice of options" - can pick one of a group of options.

"some choices of options" - can pick several of a group of options.

You could use "wide" to modify both of these phrases.

However, since a choice is often an aggregate of many little choices, "wide choices of options" is not really used.

Go with "a wide choice of options".

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