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Which is it: This is "your choice" or these are "your choices"

Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:37 am
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
57287 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:37 am
Example: You are explaining to your teenager their options for any given scenario

Option A

And

Option B

And/Or

Option C

When done with the presentation your teenager has to decide which option is correct.

Do you say - "look at your choices" or do you say "your choice"?

Is it A SINGLE choice or is it choice A, choice B, and/or choice c?
This post was edited on 1/11/18 at 11:38 am
Posted by SoFunnyItsNot
Member since Mar 2013
4623 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:38 am to
are you high again or are my reading comprehension skills lacking?
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:38 am to
It depends on if you have a single choice situation or not.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166241 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:38 am to
i hope your teenager punches you in the face.
Posted by Coater
Madison, MS
Member since Jun 2005
33060 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:40 am to
your choice is the opportunity to choose so i'd say "your choice"

choosing the person you marry is your choice, although there are billions of options to choose from.
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
108740 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:40 am to
Multiple choices = your choices

Single choice = your choice (but that's not really a choice at all now is it)
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
108740 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:42 am to
quote:

your choice is the opportunity to choose so i'd say "your choice"

choosing the person you marry is your choice, although there are billions of options to choose from


What you pick is your choice... the options to choose from are your choices.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
57287 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:45 am to
how are options not choices in and of themselves?
Posted by 10Percenter
Member since Feb 2009
1925 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:45 am to
both are correct.
Posted by helminth
Member since Jan 2018
45 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:46 am to
Option D: LeBron > Jordan >> Kobe
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
57287 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:53 am to
quote:

Option D


I bet you love you some option D
Posted by white perch
the bright, happy side of hell
Member since Apr 2012
7128 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:53 am to
I’m not sure about A, B, or C, but your mom sure likes D
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32534 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:55 am to
You make a choice among your choices.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
103027 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:00 pm to
What's a boy supposed to do.
Posted by epbart
new york city
Member since Mar 2005
2926 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:29 pm to
I think choices is correct if you're directly defining the body of options (A+B+C). Using your exact example, I'd go with "look at your choices".

That being said, if you're de-emphasizing the choices themselves, and putting the stress on the fact that the person must choose-- like the choice is a life-altering fork in the road and there is really only one right choice-- I think "look at your choice" might be passable and adds a dramatic element. You're kind of turning it into an event and using choice as a call to introspection (you're asking the person to look inside themselves and not at whatever the options are). This is just my opinion, though, and I'm not completely sure.

To be safe-- if I were writing a paper-- I'd probably re-phrase it and replace the subect (you) with either "these" or "it". I know this wasn't exactly your question, but imagine a game show host standing beside a contestant, and he sweeps his arm out in the direction of the contestant's choices to say:

These are your choices.

The host is almost certainly going to use "these" when referring to multiple options. And "choices" must follow in this case since these+choice wouldn't be in agreement.

Now imagine that the contestant hesitates and time is running out. The host might turn away from the choices to stare directly at the contestant, then say:

It is your choice.

In this case, it's completely clear, depending on where you want to place the stress: the choices or on the fact a choice must be made.
This post was edited on 1/11/18 at 12:47 pm
Posted by MLCLyons
Member since Nov 2012
4709 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:44 pm to
It's your choice and here are your choices.
Posted by CockHolliday
Columbia, SC
Member since Dec 2012
4515 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:49 pm to
I chose not to read OP's post; it was my choices.
Posted by Koach K
Member since Nov 2016
4077 posts
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:51 pm to
Is the and/or indicative of set inclusion?
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