No use/ avail of it
Context: A & B are going to a match which might have been over by now and they are still stuck in traffic.
Question:
A: Leave it! The match would have been over by now.
B: Noo please!! Don't just name that! We must try to reach the stadium some other way.
A: Come on! Have you seen the time? There's no avail/ use of it?
Is it correct to say 'there's no use/ avail of it' here?
This context is just for clarification and I mean to ask if I can say it generally in contexts like this where every kind of attempt would be in vain?
Top answer
zany banana 409 Is it correct to say 'there's no use/ avail of it' here? No. 'Of no avail' is formal, stilted and dated.
- zany banana 409 Is it correct to say 'there's no use/ avail of it' here?
- No.
- 'Of no avail' is formal, stilted and dated.
- No one would say it.
- There are other problems with your dialogue.
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zany banana 409Is it correct to say 'there's no use/ avail of it' here?
No. 'Of no avail' is formal, stilted and dated. No one would say it.
There are other problems with your dialogue.
A: Leave it! The match will be over by now.
B: No, please! Don't just say that! Let's try to reach the stadium some other way.
0"Don't just name that" doesn't seem to make any sense in your example.
Anyway, I think the phrase you want is "It is to no avail."
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