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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Does 'make every effort' sound natural?

Hi,

She makes every effort to expand her knowledge.

Please make every effort to be at the meeting on time.

Does 'make every effort' sound natural in these sentences above?

Thanks a lot.
  

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I've heard it all my life. Perhaps, conversationally, it would be more common among old farts like myself; but in formal usage it's quite common. Google - "make every effort to" 5,050,000 "makes" 952,000 "made" 815,000

— Avangi

  • I've heard it all my life.
  • Perhaps, conversationally, it would be more common among old farts like myself; but in formal usage it's quite common.
  • Google - "make every effort to" 5,050,000 "makes" 952,000 "made" 815,000
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I've heard it all my life. Perhaps, conversationally, it would be more common among old farts like myself; but in formal usage it's quite common.

Google - "make every effort to" 5,050,000
"makes" 952,000
"made" 815,000
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AnonymousDoes 'make every effort' sound natural in these sentences above?
Perfectly natural. Emotion: smile
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Hi Avangi and CJ,

Thank you both very much for your kind replies. Do these expressions also sound natural in the sentences below? For example:
Sentence A
1.She does all she can to expand her knowledge.
2.She does her best to expand her knowledge.
3.She tries her best to expand her knowledge.
4.She does her utmost to expand her knowledge.
5.She spares no effort to e
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They are all natural. Except for the literal differences (between trying and doing, for example), the only real difference is register. I've given register estimates below. These are my estimates. Other speakers may have different estimates. There is no science involved in it.

See .
try as hard as possible 1.9
do all you can 2.2

try your best 2.4
do your best
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Hi, thank you very much for the reply, CJ.
Could you explain what 'taken into the court' mean and what does the number mean like 1.9, 2.2 etc.?

And what do you mean by 'register' here?

Thanks a lot.
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Hi CJ,
How about 'make every effort'? What register is it? Thanks!
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Anonymousmake every effort
I would estimate that it's about the same as for 'make an effort' (about 2.6).

CJ
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HI, CJ

"He devote one hundred percent of his effort to ......"

Does it sound nature? I mean in formal writing.
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hellohello"He devoted one hundred percent of his effort to .."

Does it sound natureal? I mean in formal writing.
It's somewhat middle-of-the-road to my ear -- neither very formal nor very informal.
CJ
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AnonymousHi, thank you very much for the reply, CJ.
Could you explain what 'taken into the court' mean and what does the number mean like 1.9, 2.2 etc.?

And what do you mean by 'register' here?

Thanks a lot.

Hi CJ,
Could you please reply to these questions above?
Thanks!
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