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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Use of word effort or efforts
Is effort a singular or plural word? Is the word "efforts" used correctly in the following sentence?
The money will be used to provide home-delivered meal services to seniors, case management, and efforts to prevent premature institutionalization.
Should the word used be efforts or effort?
Thanks.
The money will be used to provide home-delivered meal services to seniors, case management, and efforts to prevent premature institutionalization.
Should the word used be efforts or effort?
Thanks.
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Anonymous Is the word "efforts" used correctly in the following sentence? Yes it is. When speaking of physical or mental exertion, effort is non-count.
- Anonymous Is the word "efforts" used correctly in the following sentence?
- Yes it is.
- When speaking of physical or mental exertion, effort is non-count.
- He exerted a lot of effort in digging through the rubble.
- But in your example, "effort" means a kind of project, attempt, or technique, and there can be many of these.
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Anonymous Is the word "efforts" used correctly in the following sentence?Yes it is.
When speaking of physical or mental exertion, effort is non-count.
He exerted a lot of effort in digging through the rubble.
But in your example, "effort" means a kind of project, attempt, or technique, and there can be many of these.
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