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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005
PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 10:25 pm    Post subject: How would you correct this? Reply with quote
A student wrote, "I must effort." This was one of very few errors in her essay, and she obviously understand that effort is work. My dilemma is that it would be easy to change it to, "I must work hard" but I prefer to stick to a student's original vocabulary. But how do I do that here without producing some monstrosity like, "I must put in a lot of effort?"
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Wangja



Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 11:02 pm    Post subject: Re: How would you correct this? Reply with quote
Hater Depot wrote:
A student wrote, "I must effort." This was one of very few errors in her essay, and she obviously understand that effort is work. My dilemma is that it would be easy to change it to, "I must work hard" but I prefer to stick to a student's original vocabulary. But how do I do that here without producing some monstrosity like, "I must put in a lot of effort?"


Maximise effort?
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Aidge



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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 11:53 pm    Post subject: try this Reply with quote
how about "I must put forth effort" or "I must make the effort." ?
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Saxiif



Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 11:54 pm    Post subject: Re: try this Reply with quote
Aidge wrote:
how about "I must put forth effort" or "I must make the effort." ?

"I must make THE effort"
Why is there a the there???
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Grotto



Joined: 21 Mar 2004
PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
"I must put forth MORE effort"
" I must improve my efforts"
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Badmojo



Joined: 07 Mar 2004
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 12:09 am    Post subject: Re: How would you correct this? Reply with quote
Hater Depot wrote:
A student wrote, "I must effort." This was one of very few errors in her essay, and she obviously understand that effort is work. My dilemma is that it would be easy to change it to, "I must work hard" but I prefer to stick to a student's original vocabulary. But how do I do that here without producing some monstrosity like, "I must put in a lot of effort?"


Tell her she needs a verb to go with her modal "must".

'I must make an effort' or 'I must put forth the effort' are suitable.
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squat toilet



Joined: 08 Mar 2005
PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 12:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
"I must give it 110% and take it one day at a time"
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the saint



Joined: 09 Dec 2003
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 10:37 pm    Post subject: Re: try this Reply with quote
Aidge wrote:
how about "I must put forth effort" or "I must make the effort." ?

put forth effort? What is that? Never heard of it.

To the OP, I had exactly the same thing today in a letter I marked. I bet Korean has effort hada going on so they think that effort is a verb. Anyway, I'd simply tell the student to go and check effort in a good English-English dictionary and make the correction themselves.
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Hanson



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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2005 1:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I must do my best! Laughing
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some waygug-in



Joined: 25 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2005 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I must make some effort..........if I want to pass this class.

I must make an effort to improve my grades.

I must put forth the effort to get the results I desire.

I must make an effort to understand this sentence.

Confused

How about I must try harder?
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2005 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
'Effort' is a noun. Every sentence needs a verb. 'You must make an effort', 'it takes effort', etc.
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OiGirl



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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2005 6:22 pm    Post subject: Re: How would you correct this? Reply with quote
Badmojo wrote:
'I must make an effort'

I second that.
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2005 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Indeed.

It was an effort just to read this thread Very Happy
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