Effort/ efforts
"We will use all our strength and efforts for the rescue,” President Tsai Ing-wen wrote on her Facebook page.
An investigation was under way to find out the cause of the accident, Taiwan Railways Administration said. “The train was in pretty good condition,” its Deputy Chief Lu Chieh-Shen told a news conference.
Could "effort" be used instead?
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Not really. President Tsai Ing-wen's post could have been better. "Strength" and "efforts" are not parallel, and you don't "use" efforts", or "effort", either.
- Not really.
- President Tsai Ing-wen's post could have been better.
- "Strength" and "efforts" are not parallel, and you don't "use" efforts", or "effort", either.
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Not really. President Tsai Ing-wen's post could have been better. "Strength" and "efforts" are not parallel, and you don't "use" efforts", or "effort", either. I would have written something more like "We will use all our strength and make every effort to rescue survivors."
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