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Bookmark or Share- Difficulty doing something or difficulty to do somethingI know you can't say have difficulty to do something: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English But to my surprise, I saw it in an English textbook that I'm teaching. I believe it should be: insomnia: difficulty getting to sleep and sleeping well I just...
- Difficulty with or in - WordReference ForumsShe has difficulty with swimming. (Use preposition "with" with "difficulty" only when the thing after it is a gerund - "swimming" in this case.) She has difficulty swimming in the river. (No preposition with "difficulty" when the thing after it is not a gerund)
- difficulty or trouble | WordReference ForumsTo me, "I got to the hotel with difficulty" just means you had a hard time getting there. To me it doesn't indicate whose fault the difficulty is. It could be to me any of the situations PaulQ mentioned: snow, a riot, you lost your glasses etc. The roads were covered with snow. I got to the hotel with difficulty.
- difficulty doing <something> vs difficulty in doing <something>1- I had difficulty (in) identifying the parts of speech. 2- I had a difficulty/difficulties (in) identifying the parts of speech. Confusion is "does the use of "difficulty" as a countable noun (in 1) and as an uncountable noun (in 2) make any difference ? See the 3 too. 3- I had a difficulty on identifying the parts of speech.
- difficulty in/with | WordReference ForumsHello everyone. I would like to know whether my sentences below are correct. "I have difficulty in/with doing my math homework". "I have difficulty doing my math homework". I have already read other threads about this, but I still don't know whether the prepositions "in" or "with" are always...
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