Effort

I'd say it's uncountable: It will take a lot of effort. I can be done with little effort. You dind't put much effort into this, did you? It was a team effort.

However, idiomatically, we do say "Thanks for your efforts" or " Your efforts are appreciated."

We would not say "You will have to put in many efforts."

 Then, GG, is it 'You need to make more efforts' or 'You need to make more effort'?

The word effort is frequently used as an uncountable noun. However, for that sentence, I'd probably say "You need to make more of an effort." By that I would basically mean "You need to try harder." It's very general.

The word "efforts" is used plenty often, and I would say the plural is used when you want to indicate that various different methods were used in an attempt to achieve so

YankeeThe word effort is frequently used as an uncountable noun.  However, for that sentence, I'd probably say "You need to make more of an effort."  By that I would basically mean "You need to try harder." It's very general.

Generally speaking, though, I'd say you would most likely to see the plural "efforts" used when it is modified -- by an adjective, for exam

I agree with Amy: "You need to make more of an effort" is the most natural.

"You need to put in more effort is okay," but "You need to make more efforts" is not at all natural.

Hi Taka

Taka If you were supposed to pick up one of the two which sounds the more natural, which would it be? 'You need to make more efforts' over 'You need to make more effort', because it is modified by 'more'?

If you look at the usage samples in COCA, you will notice that the word "efforts" is frequently preceded by a possessive adjective. In other cases, th

My dictionary seems to suggest that "effort" can be countable when it means "attempt", or something like that. I am thinking of "Despite all their efforts, they didn't manage to..."
In all other cases, it's just uncountable. Take a look at a learner's dictionary, you'll get plenty of examples.

YankeeHi Taka

The collocation "make an effort" is quite fixed with regard to the combination of the verb "make" and the countable singular "an effort".  It is possible to insert "more of" in the middle, but trying to use the plural or the uncountable singular of "effort" will end up simply sounding wrong.

You mean both 'to make efforts' and

Hi Taka

I would be extremely surprised to hear a native speaker ever use "make effort" intentionally.

I would advise caution with "make efforts". I would accept "make efforts", but only if the efforts are specified in some way. Again, I'd say the sense of the word "efforts" in this case would be akin to "attempts" -- attempts to do something specific.

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