[Vocabulary] choice vs choices

[D'Jakarta]

Hello all

I was asked the other day when do we use 'more choice' and when do we use 'more choices', and I was a little stumped.
Since then I've had a look online, but haven't really found a suitable answer, so here I am

Does it depend on whether it's used as a countable or uncountable thing?
Is there a difference in usage between British and American English?

Thanks in advance

D'Jak

 

[BobK]

I can't speak for American Eng, but I've never been aware of a difference.

You're on the right track with the countable/uncountable idea. But there's also a difference between abstract and concrete. With 'choice' you tend to get comparative adverbs like 'wider'. Choice in this sense is talking about a range of possibilities that someone can choose from.

Choices have been made already. You can 'regret your choices'.

b

PS To answer your original question, we need more context. But if you're taking about a range of things available to choose from, 'More choice' is right. Rarely though, when the choices have already been made, 'more choices' would be possible: 'In his life, he had made more choices that were right than ones that were wrong.'.