a great/good deal - Longman Dictionary

GRAMMAR: Comparisona great/good deal of• You use a great deal of or a good deal of with uncountable nouns: a great deal of moneya good deal of work• A great/ ... agreat/gooddealFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishagreat/gooddealagreat/gooddealLOT/LARGENUMBERORAMOUNTalargequantityofsomethingSYNalotagreat/gooddealof  Ittookagreatdealoftimeandeffort.  Hisworkhasbeenattractingagreatdealofattention.agreat/gooddealmore/lessetc(=alotmore,lessetc)  HeknewagooddealmorethanIdid.  She’smarriedtoamanagooddealolderthanherself.GRAMMAR:Comparisonagreat/gooddealof•Youuseagreatdealoforagooddealofwithuncountablenouns:agreatdealofmoneyagooddealofwork•Agreat/gooddealofisnotusedwithnounsintheplural.✗Don’tsay:agreatdealofpeoplealotof•Youcanusealotofwithnounsinthepluraloruncountablenouns:alotofpeoplealotoftrouble→dealExamplesfromtheCorpusagreat/gooddeal•Themovementofearthwormsthroughoutlayerscanalsocauseagreatdealofdisruption,blurringthedivisions.•Veryfrequently,speechwritersarerecruitedfromtheranksofjournalism,whichaccountsforagreatdeal.•Inthelasttenyears,wehavelearnedagreatdealmoreaboutthisinterplay.•Teachersalsoreceivedagreatdealofsupportandhelpfrombothpopularorganizationsandfromcommunitiestoeasetheirsituation.•Shespokeagreatdealaboutpoetry.•AsingleincidentsuggestsagreatdealaboutHennepinhisprudery,hisbelligerence,hissensitivity.•Oneparticularcandidaterespondingtothesurveywenttoagreatdealoftroubletocommithisdecidedlyanti-headhuntingviewstopaper.•Neithergirltookagreatdealofinterestinme. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Crops Elements Temperature Citizenship Seealltopics Wordoftheday blizzard aseveresnowstorm