Can't we use work instead of job?

[Ilona]

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #136 "How to make exclamations", question 7

Wow! You've certainly made a good ......... of decorating this room.

(a) job
(b) work
(c) task
(d) duty

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #136 "How to make exclamations", answer 7

Wow! You've certainly made a good job of decorating this room.

Correct answer: (a) job

Your answer was: incorrect
Wow! You've certainly made a good work of decorating this room.
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Can't we use work instead of job?

Ilona

[Yankee]

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No, you can't. The word job is countable, so you can say a good job. The word work cannot be used as a countable noun in this sort of context.

However you could say something like this:
You've certainly done good work decorating this room.

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Ahmadov]

Thanks Amy! Very useful and interesting. I would never use "work" in this context, but from your post it is clear that we can use it without any preposition.

By the way, which name you prefer: Amy or Yankee? And also where the word "Yankee" comes from?
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[Yankee]

Hi Ahmadov

My first name is Amy. I chose Yankee as my forum name because 'Amy' was already taken when I joined. Yankee reflects my roots. "Real" Yankees come from the northeastern part of the US -- especially New England.

The name Yankee is sometimes used disparagingly by "non-Yankees". But Yankees don't mind -- we know that those people are simply envious.

Here's a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Torsten]

Hi Zahir, Hi,

If you want to learn more about Amy and her nickname you can also read this thread: Howdy! I'm Amy and I'm a Yankee.
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic7840.html

Also, your question should read: Also, where does the word "Yankee" come from?

Regards,
Torsten
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[prezbucky]

...or delete "And" or "also" since both are similar (in this case), and using both leads to redundancy.

I'd delete "And", yielding the following question:

Also, where does the word "Yankee" come from?


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[Ahmadov]

Thanks a lot, Torsten and Yankee (so, I have decided to use this one if you are proud of this name)!
Dear Torsten, the mistake you spot shows that I need to spend more time with this web site. Otherwise, I am starting to make silly and simple mistakes. But it is good that you all are here to help us!
Thank you again!
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