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- 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 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 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
- have difficulty doing something vs have difficulty (in) doing something . . .
1 Six months after the accident, he still has difficulty walking 2 Six months after the accident, he still has difficulty (in) walking Why preposition "in" has been implied here in the first (1 ) sentence? I have noticed a lot of sentences with preposition not mentioned such as 'busy doing, happy doing etc'' and so on
- 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
- Have find difficulties | WordReference Forums
Unless I am missing something, "I didn't find any difficulty understanding the sentence " seems OK to me There could be an optional "in" in both examples: -I didn't have find any difficulty in understanding the sentence - A: "Can you tell me how we know that Earth is flat?" B: " " A: "Did you have difficulty understanding the question?"
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