Efforts of or efforrts by? | WordReference Forums Which is the correct preposition to use in the following sentence: 'Many POW camps had their own libraries thanks to the efforts of (or by?) charitable
an effort or efforts | WordReference Forums From Example 1 ) [countable (group effort)]uncountable make little no effort: →The drivers made no efforts to check their vehicles despite someone’s efforts: →The man died despite the doctors’ efforts to revive him [directly relates to the plural noun preceding it—using simply effort might lead to confusion with “doctor’s effort
effort efforts - WordReference Forums You little ripper!: Vetusta, something that 'takes requires an extra step' means that it requires more effort Hopefully that will help with a translation Thread: It is always an extra step to do something green Is it the fact that "effort" is a general abstract noun that you don't use "efforts" in the sentence above?
small little effort - WordReference Forums Thank you, Maria Laura I'd use "with little effort" if you mean to say that it wasn't hard to test your abilities Notice there's no article in that phrase with that meaning If you mean to say that you made some special, small effort to test your abilities, either "with a small effort" or "with a little effort" would work: "You are right It
spare no effort or spare no efforts? | WordReference Forums spare no effort to do something to work as hard as possible to achieve something Emergency services have spared no effort to help people whose homes were destroyed by the tornadoes
pay a lot of effort - WordReference Forums No There needs to be a preposition following "put " The effort is being put into something The apple is being put into the pie My mom is putting a lot of apples into the pie My mom is putting a lot of effort into <I need a noun phrase, not an infinitive to follow the preposition> preparing tonight's dinner
to spare no efforts to do something | WordReference Forums Hi h-h, "spare no effort to so something" is a bit formal literary In conversation we'd say : I've done everything all I can to or I've done my best to or I've done everything in my power to You could also say I've pulled out all the stops to This is an idiom which derives from playing the organ, but it's widely understood
spend great effort - WordReference Forums Effort can be uncountable or countable If you mean that Tom first tried hypnosis, and then tried nicotine gum, and then tried membership in a support group, he made several attempts (or several efforts) to stop smoking, then you are counting each effort separately -- which makes the term countable
many efforts or much efforts | WordReference Forums How much effort is it worth? is a normal question If you want to pluralize efforts, many efforts makes sense Much efforts is bizarre in the last three sentences that you quoted The New York Times quote is normal It uses this formula: X is as much Y as Z The nerdcore anthems are as much efforts at comedy as they are attempts at sincere hip-hop
put effort in into +ing - WordReference Forums Hi! I was wondering how to use correctly the expression "so we'll put extra effort in trying to catch up again" Basically I want to say that I deliberately avoid doing sth (es phoning to the loved one - who lives far away), so the desire increases and "we'll put extra effort in trying to catch