samedi 3 mai 2014

Notes on usage: Difficult

Hard  -  Challenging  -  Demanding  -  Taxing

 

These words all describe sth that is not easy and requires a lot of effort or skill to do.
Difficult not easy; needing effort or skill to do or understand: The exam questions were quite difficult. | It is difficult for young people to find jobs around here.
Hard not easy; needing effort or skill to do or understand: I always found languages quite hard at school. | It was one of the hardest things I ever did.
Challenging (approving) difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability, demanding difficult to do or deal with and needing a lot of effort, skill or patience: It is a technically demanding piece of music to play.
Taxing (often used in negative statements) difficult to do and needing a lot of mental or physical effort: This shouldn’t be too taxing for you.

 

DIFFICULT OR HARD?
Hard is slightly less formal than difficult. It is used particularly in the structure hard to believe/say/find/take, etc. although difficult can also be used in any of these examples.

 

PATTERNS
*difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing for sb
*difficult/hard to do sth
*physically difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing
*technically difficult/challenging/demanding
*mentally/intellectually challenging/demanding/taxing

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors Frequently confused words
Common Clichés Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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