Why so many different patterns?
In the following examples, which pattern would you choose? Could you help me understand this? I have no idea how you guys decide which to choose.
A) It isn't true that no effort/efforts is/are required to express what you think.
B) You should make as many efforts/much effort as possible to express what you think.
C) It's wrong to think that it doesn't take any effort/any efforts to express what you think.
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A) It isn't true that no effort is required to express what you think. B) You should make as much effort as possible to express what you think. C) It's wrong to think that it doesn't take any effort to express what you think.
- A) It isn't true that no effort is required to express what you think.
- B) You should make as much effort as possible to express what you think.
- C) It's wrong to think that it doesn't take any effort to express what you think.
- The bold phrases are what we are used to hearing and saying.
- I don't think there is any reliable way to predict this simply from a knowledge of the definition of the word "effort".
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A) It isn't true that no effort is required to express what you think.
B) You should make as much effort as possible to express what you think.
C) It's wrong to think that it doesn't take any effort to express what you think.
The bold phrases are what we are used to hearing and saying. I don't think there is any reliable way to predict this simply from a kn
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