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I did a lot of work today. vs I did a lot of works today.

The correct choice is 'I did a lot of work today.' The word 'work' is used in its uncountable form in this context. 'Works' is not used in this way.
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I did a lot of work today.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is the correct way to express that you completed a significant amount of tasks or activities on a specific day.
  • Apr 1, 2020 ... However, could I use this one when the day is not over yet but my working day is? "I did a lot of work today" ...
  • Oct 27, 2018 ... "I did a lot of work today." <Simple Past> OR "I have done a lot of work today." <Present Perfect Tense> The Past Perfect or had done is used to denote an ...
  • Apr 3, 2020 ... Yes. The simple past (did) refers to actions that took place in a finished period of time. When you say I did a lot of work today you are ...
  • Aug 15, 2000 ... But I went to the gym, did work with my assistant and did another interview. So I did a lot of work today already, and it's important to me to ...
  • Nov 25, 2017 ... Please excuse the messy office as I did a lot of work today. firefreak57 (firefreak57) November 26, 2017, 2:22am 2. jm2014: A sneak peak at ...
  • Jul 15, 2023 ... The project has been running fine (ie I've be able to close) for a couple of days, but I did a lot of work today and discovered this problem ...
  • May 28, 2014 ... I did a lot of work today and it was all bullshit. In our working lives, we can express how effective we are by measuring our bullshit ratio: ...
  • Jan 19, 2016 ... I like the feeling of being productive, so I guess I might say “I did a lot of work today” on good days. I'm not surprised I talk about Josh ...
  • Apr 17, 2023 ... I did a lot of work today on the memory viewer. I implemented scrolling the viewer with mouse wheel, as well as a "goto address" command ...

I did a lot of works today.

This phrase is not correct in English. The word 'work' is typically used in its singular form in this context.

  • ... I did a lot of works today or I really like all Bangladeshi foods, noterà che ommetterete la 's' da work e food. Che strano, eppure era convinto che 'a lot ...
  • Sep 12, 2021 ... ... I did a lot of works today. So, I needed to refresh enough before I go to sleep but I think I can't go to sleep cuz II need to read a lot of ...

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