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Promotion Professions Difficult Women Phrases Apply Chance/S Noun

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Keyword promotion
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence In some professions it is still difficult for women to get promotions.
Correct Sentence In some professions it is still difficult for women to get promotion.
Cloze Error Sentence In some professions it is still difficult for women to get [[promotions]].
Cloze Sentence In some professions it is still difficult for women to get [[promotion]].
Cloze Answer promotion
Choices promotions | promotion
Explanation

In phrases such as get promotion, apply for promotion and chance/s of promotion, the noun promotion is usually uncountable: 'Women should have the same chance of promotion as their male counterparts.'

Compare: 'With so many staff leaving, we can expect a few more promotions.'

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