Grammar fix

stable job

secure job

A job that is likely to continue for a long time and provides regular income, without much risk of being lost.

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

After years of working different jobs, she finally found a stable job at a local bank.

In my opinion, having a stable job is important because it allows people to plan for the future and support their families.

Fix the pattern

One small grammar move makes it sound right.

Not: He has a stable work.

Say: He has a stable job.

'A stable job' (countable); 'work' is uncountable, so not 'a stable work'.

  • Pattern
  • a/an stable job; have/find/get a stable job

Which sounds natural?

Tap the one a native speaker would say.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

a stable job

  • secure
  • steady
  • well-paid
  • find

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