I've bumped into a YouTube clip (Here is the extracted text for the sake of convenience and context) that deals with the difference between 'Will' and 'Would'.
Among other examples, they have chosen to present these two sentences:
A. We told people the doors of our English school will be ope...
I think the author of this question did a nice job of adding detail to their question without necessarily writing a bunch of citations and that it is an interesting question as well:
Is the noun used "differently" in "worth the effort" vs. "worth the efforts" ?
According to Merriam-Webster, effort has the following 5 definitions -
conscious exertion of power : hard work
a serious attempt : TRY
something produced by exertion or trying
effective force as distingui...
I see quite a few non-native writers using “worth the efforts” in a context where it should be “worth the effort”, so it will be nice to have a detailed answer on ELL about it
@userr2684291 it was in a tweet arguing about capitalism - I didn’t follow the full argument
The word just jumped out at me
I suppose the idea is if you are participating willingly you can’t claim to have been “pillaged”
It’s like playing a game of chance, and you think it’s fine when you win, but claim your opponent is stealing from you when you lose. If you don’t want to risk losing your money, don’t play is what they’re saying
@userr2684291 I just like seeing unusual words being used with the intended meaning matching the actual meaning. If the rest of the sentence makes sense, that’s just gravy.
What is the difference between the following two sentences?
A: I need two kinds of fuels.
B: I need two kinds of fuel.
Is the noun used "differently" in "worth the effort" vs. "worth the efforts" ?
According to Merriam-Webster, effort has the following 5 definitions -
conscious exertion of power : hard work
a serious attempt : TRY
something produced by exertion or trying
effective force as distingui...
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