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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
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Second greatest effort

Can I say this? Is it good English?

-French is what I put in the/my second greatest effort to study. (=in terms of time, energy, etc. French is second most important; I devote my greatest effort to one thing above French; only one thing demands more from me than French)

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Your sentence is understandable, but bad at the same time, in my opinion. 'I put my second greatest effort into learning French' or 'Learning French is what I put a lot of effort into'. ( I'm not sure about 'second greatest effort' though.

— Sica

  • Your sentence is understandable, but bad at the same time, in my opinion.
  • 'I put my second greatest effort into learning French' or 'Learning French is what I put a lot of effort into'.
  • ( I'm not sure about 'second greatest effort' though.
  • Yet people say 'the second highest building in the world' so I think it's fine).
  • Others may give you better suggestions than mine.
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Your sentence is understandable, but bad at the same time, in my opinion.
'I put my second greatest effort into learning French' or 'Learning French is what I put a lot of effort into'. ( I'm not sure about 'second greatest effort' though. Yet people say 'the second highest building in the world' so I think it's fine).
Others may give you better suggestions than mine. Look forward
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