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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

endure?

Some people even think that staying married for a long time is (. ).

1) something painful
2) something painful to endure
3) some kind of hardship to endure

Are they all possible?
  

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Yes.

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Thank you very much:) Coils I ask you more questions if that's ok?

1) something painful implies that it needs endurance, so does it sound redundant if I use something painful to endure?

2) Is it better to stick to some kind of "hardship" rather than some kind of "hardships?" I am not 100 sure whn to use hardship and hardships,
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teacherJapan1) something painful implies that it needs endurance, so does it sound redundant if I use something painful to endure?
No, not very noticeably so.
teacherJapan2) Is it better to stick to some kind of "hardship" rather than some kind of "hardships?" I am not 100 sure whn to use hardship and hardships,
"Staying mar
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I see! So my usage is right when I say, Reading can be some kind of "hardship" if you're forced to do so.
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teacherJapan I see! So my usage is right when I say, Reading can be some kind of "hardship" if you're forced to do so.
Yes.

"a kind" would probably be more common, but what you wrote is not wrong.

I believe that you are probably using the quotes around "hardship" to highlight the word. I don't particularly recommend that you do this. The reas
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GPYThe reason is that it can be hard to tell whether or not the quotes are a literal part of the sentence
I meant to say:

it can appear as if the quotes are a literal part of the sentence
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OK!! I got it:) Thank you very much for your suggestion:)

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