get promotion

[Verona_82]

Hello,

I'm doing a vocabulary test and having some problems with a question which reads:

I'm hoping to _______later this year.

a) get promoted b) get promotion c) have promoted.

I'm supposed to choose one alternative. I don't understand why b) is incorrect. I've consulted my Oxford collocations dictionary and found the following entry:

get /gain/ win / receive / earn promotion
If I can't get promotion soon, I'll look for another job.

Why is it wrong in the test?

I'd be grateful for help.
Thank you.

 

[Allen165]

Hello,

I'm doing a vocabulary test and having some problems with a question which reads:

I'm hoping to _______later this year.

a) get promoted b) get promotion c) have promoted.

I'm supposed to choose one alternative. I don't understand why b) is incorrect. I've consulted my Oxford collocations dictionary and found the following entry:

get /gain/ win / receive / earn promotion
If I can't get promotion soon, I'll look for another job.

Why is it wrong in the test?

I'd be grateful for help.
Thank you.

NOT A TEACHER.

"Get promoted" is correct. "Get a promotion" would also be correct.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hello,

I'm doing a vocabulary test and having some problems with a question which reads:

I'm hoping to _______later this year.

a) get promoted b) get promotion c) have promoted.

I'm supposed to choose one alternative. I don't understand why b) is incorrect. I've consulted my Oxford collocations dictionary and found the following entry:

get /gain/ win / receive / earn promotion
If I can't get promotion soon, I'll look for another job.

Why is it wrong in the test?

I'd be grateful for help.
Thank you.

Both a) and b) are possible in that sentence.

 

[susiedqq]

"b" must include the article, "a" to be correct.

get a promotion.

It is a specific promotion.

 

[bhaisahab]

"b" must include the article, "a" to be correct.

get a promotion.

It is a specific promotion.

I disagree, the article is unnecessary.

 

[Allen165]

I disagree, the article is unnecessary.

In North America one would say, "I got a promotion." "I got promotion" sounds like broken English.

 

[bhaisahab]

In North America one would say, "I got a promotion." "I got promotion" sounds like broken English.

If I can't get promotion soon, I'll look for another job. This is perfectly natural in BrE.

 

[Coolfootluke]

If I can't get promotion soon, I'll look for another job. This is perfectly natural in BrE.

I am not a teacher.

Get out of town! I didn't know that one. That's a complete no-go here.

 

[ostap77]

I am not a teacher.

Get out of town! I didn't know that one. That's a complete no-go here.

If said "get promotion", it would sound awkward in AmE?

 

[5jj]

If I can't get promotion soon, I'll look for another job. This is perfectly natural in BrE.

Indeed.