from my English textbook

Hello!

I am not a teacher but I would say, "All our preparations were for nothing".

Anyway, the phrase "All our preparation for nothing" doesn't seem correct to me.

Aya-sanHi teachers

The following is from my English textbook.

" No one came to our party. All our preparation for nothing."

Shouldn't the latter sentence be "All our preparation was for nothing."?

Aya

I guess there's no need of saying "was"... I get the very same meaning...

[Y]

Opinions were divided. Let's wait for teachers or native speakers.

"As Thomas jefferson once remarked,'The moste valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."

"All our preparation for nothing" sounds more direct to me. It is not gramatically correct and is more of an exclamation expressing the disappointment of the speaker. "All our preparation was for nothing" sounds more like a conclusion and seems to be slightly more neutral.

This is, though, my interpretation - perhaps others have another idea?

Thank you all very much for your replies and suggestions!

I think I can understand the sentence if I take it as an exclamatory sentence.

''All our preparations came to nothing.''