You cannnot seat them all behind desks in a classroom, dictate information to them and expect them to absorb all of it like a sponge.
Some will do well learning in this way. A great deal will not. (source)
I wonder why the author used 'a great deal' above.
As far as I know you cannot use 'a great deal' about a countable noun, so shouldn't it be 'a great number' instead?
Like this:
Some (students) will do well learning in this way. A great number (of students) will not.
Some will do well learning in this way. A great deal will not. (source)
I wonder why the author used 'a great deal' above.
As far as I know you cannot use 'a great deal' about a countable noun, so shouldn't it be 'a great number' instead?
Like this:
Some (students) will do well learning in this way. A great number (of students) will not.