Effort/efforts

Hi.

You put a lot of effort.

Make an effort to complete it on time.

Thanks for your effort.

Effort is both uncountable and uncountable with difference in meaning. As a noncount noun, it means physical or mental energy.

Ex. Learning to speak another language fulently takes effort.

And as a count noun, it means an attempt to do sth.

I see.

I put in a lot of effort to complete it on time.

I put a lot of effort into it.

I made an effort to complete it in time.

In that case,

Thank you for your effort. =energy/attempt

Thank you for your efforts. =attempts

Are these correct?

Yes, all are correct.

Cheers.

hrsanei,

I recently checked

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/effort?q=effort

It says that it is C or U for physical or mental energy.

Can you help me with my confusion?

If I may **** in

You put in a lot of effort (into this project). (U; effort here means energy or hard work)

I'll make an effort to complete it in time. (C; implies an attempt at something; "make efforts" would be grammatical but unidiomatic)

Thank you for your efforts/effort (C)

International relief efforts are underway as Bangladesh continues to struggle with

I am confused with

http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/effort

It says that it is countable and uncountable for the meaning of energy.

What do you think, Ivanhr?

Well, they give this example

Getting up this morning was quite an effort.

An online dictionary I consulted lists only U for this particular meaning of "effort" and at the same time says that you can use it with "a/an". There are situations where a normally, uncountable noun is preceded with "a/an" and this is not a rare occurrence. Whether you can then classify the noun

You state Effort is both uncountable and uncountable. What did you really mean?

AnonymousYou state Effort is both uncountable and uncountable. What did you really mean?

Since the conversation happened 5+ years ago, don't hold your breath waiting for an answer.

On a certificate should we say, "for great efforts and participation" or "for great effort and participation". Thanks!