wide range of usage.

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It has a wide range of usage in many different fields.

Is it grammatical? It seems so to me but I am not sure anyhow.
 

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I would say: it is used in many different fields.

Are you sure you mean "usage" and not "use"? "
 

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Yes, I meant "usage". "Usage" is a noun, isn't it? "Use" is a verb, therefore it does not fit there. Am I right?
 

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"Use" (pronounced "uze") is a verb. "Use" (pronounced "yew-ss") is a noun.
 

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Yes, I meant "usage". "Usage" is a noun, isn't it? "Use" is a verb, therefore it does not fit there. Am I right?

"Usage" and "use" are both nouns. The former is often misused and is meant to be used in a restricted context. In the context of your sentence, the correct word is "use".

"Usage*is how something is used; the fact of something being used is*use; the degree to which something is used is utilization."

Source: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34712/use-vs-usage
 
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It has a wide range of uses. (Not usage)
 
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