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- difficulty of difficulty to | WordReference Forums
I do agree with mimosa23 as regards "She has difficulty [in] making new friends " (noun:difficulty) It is however also possible to convey the same meaning using "difficult to " (adjective:difficult) with a different main verb as follows: "She finds it difficult to make new friends " Hope that helps
- difficulty doing lt;something gt; vs difficulty in doing lt;something gt;
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 with or in - WordReference Forums
She 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 difficulties. | WordReference Forums
Singular: Refers to the general idea of difficulty, often preceded by a modifier such as no, some, much, little, any We had no difficulty at all We learned it without much difficulty We had a little difficulty in making the changes We didn't have any difficulty finding your house We had some difficulty understanding the directions
- difficulty + Ving in with | WordReference Forums
3)She had difficulty with making sentences and finding the words to express herself Not sure you can use here with+ving) Please note that the context is formal, and what I want to say in Spanish is something like (it´s only the idea of what I want to say, literally): Tiene dificultad para construir oraciones y encontrar las palabras
- Difficulty doing something or difficulty to do something
I 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
- Have find difficulties | WordReference Forums
Unless I am missing something, "I didn't find any difficulty understanding the sentence " seems OK to me There could be an optional "in" in both examples: -I didn't have find any difficulty in understanding the sentence - A: "Can you tell me how we know that Earth is flat?" B: " " A: "Did you have difficulty understanding the question?"
- What is the adverb of difficult | WordReference Forums
1 1875 J Ruskin Fors Clavigera V l 37 The difficultly reconcileable merits of old times and new things 1879 F Rutley Study of Rocks x 87 Labradorite fuses readily anorthite is more difficultly fusible
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