go in vain vs all go in vain

Both "go in vain" and "all go in vain" are correct phrases, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Go in vain" is a common expression meaning that an effort or action was unsuccessful or futile. On the other hand, "all go in vain" emphasizes that all efforts or actions were futile. The choice between the two depends on the level of emphasis you want to convey.

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go in vain

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that an effort or action was unsuccessful or futile.

This phrase is used to express that something was done without achieving the desired result. It implies that the effort was wasted or had no effect.

Examples:

All his hard work went in vain when the project was canceled.
Her attempts to convince him went in vain as he refused to listen.
I hoped my words wouldn't go in vain, but he didn't seem to care.
Despite their best efforts, the rescue mission went in vain.
The hours spent studying for the exam went in vain as he failed.

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Now, my friends, let us not let World Poverty Day go by in vain!
If we go in now, we will never go and things have been in vain.
Most people just go on day after day, trying in vain...
Didn't go to church, I took the Lord's name in vain quite a few times.
If we don't go after that gold, it'll be in vain.
If we don't go after that gold, it'll be in vain.
I may go to my death, but it will not be in vain.
Our investment in education will have been in vain if researchers go abroad for better pay and working conditions.
I agree with Mr Mann that with 7 months to go before the Games open, all those hopes have proved in vain.
Most people just go on day after day, trying in vain... to keep secrets... that will never stay hidden.
We need to go back in time to the 1990s, when it became clear that our hope - that our economy in Hungary would also become independent in this democracy - was in vain.
What we are actually waiting for the French Government to do - and we have been waiting in vain for years - is to go to the Court of Justice to enforce the Treaty.
All the sacrifices they made were argued about before, but now all those sacrifices were in vain, because the Commission now takes a different line and says the box has got to go.
Other employment and social policy measures are in vain unless people have decent housing from which to go out to work, in which they can bring up their children and where they can relax in their free time.
Killing anything in vain is not.
Chingneng didn't sacrifice in vain.
Let their journeys not be in vain.
The scholar's mother tries to comfort him, in vain.
Only in vain you reject interrogations all the time.
The poet wanders in vain through the streets.

Alternatives:

proved futile
were unsuccessful
were wasted
were to no avail
were fruitless

all go in vain

This phrase is correct and emphasizes that all efforts or actions were futile. It is a valid variation of the expression "go in vain."

This phrase is used when you want to stress that every single effort or action made was unsuccessful or futile. It adds emphasis to the idea that nothing achieved the desired result.