Why is 'have difficulties' incorrect?
But it is far enough away that early explorers had difficulty/difficulties finding it.
What should I choose completing the exam task?
There is the answer 'difficulty' in the keys but the authors do not give any explanations. Why 'difficulties' is incorrect if it is?
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But it is far enough away that early explorers had difficulty/difficulties finding it.
What should I choose completing the exam task?
There is the answer 'difficulty' in the keys but the authors do not give any explanations. Why 'difficulties' is incorrect if it is?
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But it is far enough away that early explorers had difficulty/difficulties finding it.
What should I choose completing the exam task?
There is the answer 'difficulty' in the keys but the authors do not give any explanations. Why 'difficulties' is incorrect if it is?
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But it is far enough away that early explorers had difficulty/difficulties finding it.
What should I choose completing the exam task?
There is the answer 'difficulty' in the keys but the authors do not give any explanations. Why 'difficulties' is incorrect if it is?
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As I remember, 'had difficulties' refers to a specific amount of difficulties one had to face, whereas 'had difficulty' implies that one simply found it difficult.
So I believe that both are correct.
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But context is everything: in this case it seems that the singular difficulty in finding it arises from the distance.
– Chappo
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Or that it was so far away that they had to overcome a number of difficulties in addition to the mere distance.
– Andrew Leach♦
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As I remember, 'had difficulties' refers to a specific amount of difficulties one had to face, whereas 'had difficulty' implies that one simply found it difficult.
So I believe that both are correct.
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But context is everything: in this case it seems that the singular difficulty in finding it arises from the distance.
– Chappo
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Or that it was so far away that they had to overcome a number of difficulties in addition to the mere distance.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
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As I remember, 'had difficulties' refers to a specific amount of difficulties one had to face, whereas 'had difficulty' implies that one simply found it difficult.
So I believe that both are correct.
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But context is everything: in this case it seems that the singular difficulty in finding it arises from the distance.
– Chappo
yesterday
Or that it was so far away that they had to overcome a number of difficulties in addition to the mere distance.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
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As I remember, 'had difficulties' refers to a specific amount of difficulties one had to face, whereas 'had difficulty' implies that one simply found it difficult.
So I believe that both are correct.
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As I remember, 'had difficulties' refers to a specific amount of difficulties one had to face, whereas 'had difficulty' implies that one simply found it difficult.
So I believe that both are correct.
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But context is everything: in this case it seems that the singular difficulty in finding it arises from the distance.
– Chappo
yesterday
Or that it was so far away that they had to overcome a number of difficulties in addition to the mere distance.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
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But context is everything: in this case it seems that the singular difficulty in finding it arises from the distance.
– Chappo
yesterday
Or that it was so far away that they had to overcome a number of difficulties in addition to the mere distance.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
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But context is everything: in this case it seems that the singular difficulty in finding it arises from the distance.
– Chappo
yesterday
But context is everything: in this case it seems that the singular difficulty in finding it arises from the distance.
– Chappo
yesterday
Or that it was so far away that they had to overcome a number of difficulties in addition to the mere distance.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
Or that it was so far away that they had to overcome a number of difficulties in addition to the mere distance.
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
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