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- Romance languages: order of difficulty - WordReference Forums
Regarding the difficulty of each, I would also place Catalan in a middle place The pronunciation is rather difficult (eigh vowel sounds and more consonant sounds than any other, as well as high quality and frequency of diphthongs, vowel reduction, etc ) The spelling, even if logical, is also rather difficult
- 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 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 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
- to get passed = get past? | WordReference Forums
In your examples, I see no reason for using 'got past', rather than 'passed' Very often 'got' suggest there was some difficulty or somehow the speaker managed to achieve something difficult or succeeded in doing something If all you mean is the preposition 'past' as in 'walked past' you should avoid using 'got' + 'past'
- 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
- any difficulty or any difficulties - WordReference Forums
The red text is equivalent to "difficulty" - the grammatical term escapes me for the moment You won't have any difficulty finding your way around the city You won't have any difficulties finding your way around the city The first, with singular difficulty, seems a lot more natural to me
- 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
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