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in effort to vs in an effort to

"In an effort to" is the correct phrase, not "in effort to."
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Last updated: April 29, 2018 • 51971 views

in effort to

This phrase is not correct. Don't use it.

This phrase is missing the indefinite article before the noun "effort."
  • 8 hours ago ... France makes it illegal for supermarkets to destroy edible food in effort to cut waste. Chains are being made to donate products to charity or ...
  • 15 hours ago ... MGM joins Wynn, Sands and Switch in effort to buy power without NV Energy. Image. L.E. Baskow. NRG Energy and MGM Resorts celebrated ...
  • Apple acquires another navigation company in effort to bolster mapping services. By Dante D'Orazio; on May 17, 2015 02:43 pm; Email · @dantedorazio · 21.
  • Missouri conservation center closely involved in effort to repopulate endangered wolf species. Published May 09, 2015. Associated Press. Facebook0 Twitter0 ...

Some alternatives from our editors:

  • in an effort to

in an effort to

This phrase is correct.

If you are explaining that you did something to try to bring about a result, you can use this phrase.

Some examples from our editors:

  • I did this in an effort to ameliorate the situation.
  • I changed the contract in an effort to satisfy the client.
  • We unsuccessfully tried 53 computational models in an effort to simulate their movements prior to the crash.
  • I believe he was inserted into my life in an effort to locate Raymond Reddington.
  • Now, these three remarkable men have given their lives in an effort to... widen the horizons of their species.
  • These initiatives must also involve the participation of local authorities and local communities in an effort to identify where best European Structural Funds should be spent.
  • I think that he resisted going to therapy all these years in an effort to hide it.
  • Indeed, in August 2003, in an effort to remove excess product from the market, certain Norwegian producers considered freezing 30000 tonnes of farmed salmon.
  • I kidnapped them in an effort to save our planet Earth.
  • He confessed in an effort to cut a deal.
  • It helps patients rediscover what motivates them in an effort to resolve old conflicts.
  • I believe was there in an effort to clear her name.
  • Republic forces smash through the Separatist blockade in an effort to claim the shadowy world...
  • I put Clyde in your bed in an effort to be a more considerate flat mate.
  • They're dragging other firemen off the street now in an effort to save their lives.
  • Mr Ahern has accelerated the process of negotiation with other EU governments, in an effort to move quickly forward the discussions concerning the key bottom-line issues.
  • Sarab does my father's bidding in an effort to force you to do the same and take his rightful place as his heir.
  • Recently, the United States Federal Reserve has even engaged in an unprecedented round of "quantitative easing" in an effort to accelerate the recovery.
  • You know, in an effort to understand your culture better, I've been trying to embrace this very American practice of preparing meat in the garden.
  • We're worried drug squad may have compromised their safety in an effort to speed things along.
  • [male reporter] James Halgate III has arrived at a Belgian courthouse today in an effort to settle the long-standing class action suit against his company.
  • And, in an effort to appeal to younger viewers, we go to a rapping vampire, live on the scene.

Some alternatives from our editors:

  • so that
  • to try to

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