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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- a lot of efforts (has have) been made | WordReference Forums
With "effort" as a mass noun, I'd probably use a different verb If we remove the effects of "a lot of" and "made", I'd say that "effort" (uncountable) and "efforts" (countable) have somewhat different meanings, as mentioned by KeninPDX (quoted in post #5)
- 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
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