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Bookmark or Share- idiom for waste [ wasted ] efforts | WordReference Forums"barking up the wrong tree" (imagine a hunting dog) Not good for the poker analogy, but suitable for wasted efforts (complaints mostly) of some other kind.
- Efforts of or efforrts by? | WordReference ForumsWhich is the correct preposition to use in the following sentence: 'Many POW camps had their own libraries thanks to the efforts of (or by?) charitable...
- many efforts or much efforts | WordReference ForumsHow much effort is it worth? is a normal question. If you want to pluralize efforts, many efforts makes sense. Much efforts is bizarre in the last three sentences that you quoted. The New York Times quote is normal. It uses this formula: X is as much Y as Z. The nerdcore anthems are as much efforts at comedy as they are attempts at sincere hip-hop.
- pay a lot of effort - WordReference ForumsNo. There needs to be a preposition following "put." The effort is being put into something. The apple is being put into the pie. My mom is putting a lot of apples into the pie. My mom is putting a lot of effort into preparing tonight's dinner.
- to do an effort vs to make an effort | WordReference ForumsThank you. I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear enough. In my example sentence, I used "effort" to mean "physical activity", i.e "We will deliver the order and you won't need to do any physical activity".
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