By harnessing the efficiencies of modern technology...

[Torsten]

Hi, is there a plural form of efficiency and if so would you use it? I'm asking because I have come across the following phrase and I wonder the author didn't use the singular form (efficiency). How do you feel about the efficiencies of modern technology?

By harnessing the efficiencies of modern technology...

How do you feel about the efficiencies of modern technology?
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[Mister Micawber]

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Yes, that sounds OK, Torsten-- and I would use it if I got the chance. I like the phrase.

Efficiency is of course normally uncountable, but here the idea stressed is the different sorts of efficiency which modern technology creates-- saving time, recycling materials, replacing paper with virtual paper, etc.
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