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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 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 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 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
- 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 or trouble | WordReference Forums
To 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
- 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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