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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 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?
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 on 1/11/18 at 11:38 am to theunknownknight
are you high again or are my reading comprehension skills lacking?
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:38 am to theunknownknight
It depends on if you have a single choice situation or not.
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:38 am to theunknownknight
i hope your teenager punches you in the face.
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:40 am to theunknownknight
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.
choosing the person you marry is your choice, although there are billions of options to choose from.
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:40 am to theunknownknight
Multiple choices = your choices
Single choice = your choice (but that's not really a choice at all now is it)
Single choice = your choice (but that's not really a choice at all now is it)
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:42 am to Coater
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 on 1/11/18 at 11:45 am to terd ferguson
how are options not choices in and of themselves?
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:46 am to theunknownknight
Option D: LeBron > Jordan >> Kobe
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:53 am to helminth
quote:
Option D
I bet you love you some option D
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:53 am to helminth
I’m not sure about A, B, or C, but your mom sure likes D
Posted on 1/11/18 at 11:55 am to theunknownknight
You make a choice among your choices.
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:00 pm to CoachChappy
What's a boy supposed to do.
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:29 pm to theunknownknight
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.
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 on 1/11/18 at 12:44 pm to theunknownknight
It's your choice and here are your choices.
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:49 pm to theunknownknight
I chose not to read OP's post; it was my choices.
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:51 pm to theunknownknight
Is the and/or indicative of set inclusion?
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