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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

any effort?

Would you use"any effort" as in the following sentence?

I want to make any effort to make it happen.
  

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teacherJapan Would you use"any effort" as in the following sentence? I want to make any effort to make it happen. No.

— CalifJim

  • teacherJapan Would you use"any effort" as in the following sentence?
  • I want to make any effort to make it happen.
  • No.
  • Never.
  • "any" doesn't make any sense there.
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teacherJapan Would you use"any effort" as in the following sentence? I want to make any effort to make it happen.
No. Never. "any" doesn't make any sense there.

I want to make every effort ...

But (Don't hate me!): I am willing to make [any / every] effort to make it happen.


CJ
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teacherJapanI want to make any effort to make it happen.
Do you mean I want to make every effort to make it happen?
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Yes, Mr. Anonymous. I usually stick to "every" effort, but one of my students wrote "any." I've never seen it used like that, but I just wanted to make sure:) Ah, CJ! How could I? I guess I just have to accept that there are things grammatical rules can't be much of a help:)
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teacherJapanYes, Mr. Anonymous. I usually stick to "every" effort, but one of my students wrote "any." I've never seen it used like that
By the way, put "make any effort" into the fraze.it website's search engine and you're going to get 31 hits there.
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Made every effort. Did not make any effort.
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Thank you very much for your help:) I get the idea now:)
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