Many other charitable organizations have also been making efforts/an effort to help refugees.

[neb090]

The customers choose to make a friendly gesture and to shop for refugees rather than for themselves. Many other charitable organizations have also been making efforts to help refugees.

In this sentence, could I say ,"Many other charitable organizations have also been making an effort to help refugees?"

What's the difference between them?

 

[jutfrank]

Please cite the source. Do this every time. Thank you.

 

[neb090]

Please cite the source. Do this every time. Thank you.

It's one of the sentences from my English textbook by Irene Sun and title is: Choose Love---Shop for Refugees.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's one of the sentences from my English textbook by Irene Sun and title is: Choose Love---Shop for Refugees.

I'm pretty certain that the title of your English textbook isn't "Choose Love - Shop for Refugees". We need the title of the book, not the chapter/text.

 

[neb090]

I'm pretty certain that the title of your English textbook isn't "Choose Love - Shop for Refugees". We need the title of the book, not the chapter/text.

There are ten different lessons in my English textbook, and “Choose Love-Shop for Refugees” is the title of lesson eight.

 

[Rover_KE]

So what is title of your English textbook, and who wrote if?

 

[emsr2d2]

@neb090 We shouldn't have to work so hard for this. Providing the source is very simple. In post #1, after the quote, write:

Source: [Title of book] by [name of author]

 

[kadioguy]

The cover of the textbook is like this:

So I would say:
Source: Sanmin English (Book 3, Unit 8), by Yun-Ting Che [editor-in-chief]

 

[neb090]

The cover of the textbook is like this:

So I would say:
Source: Sanmin English (Book 3, Unit 8), by Yun-Ting Che [editor-in-chief]

Yes. Thank you, Kadioguy. So, could I use "make an effort to" instead of "make efforts to?"

 

[jutfrank]

The plural making efforts better suggests that there have been more than one occasion of effort making.

 

[neb090]

The plural making efforts better suggests that there have been more than one occasion of effort making.

And "making an effort to" means there is just one occasion of their effort making?

 

[jutfrank]

And "making an effort to" means there is just one occasion of their effort making?

Yes. At least, in the mind of the speaker. There may be several actions but the effort-making is nonetheless singular in the way it's conceived. Uncountable nouns are all singular by nature.