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'collaborative effort' vs. 'collaboration effort'



 
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'collaborative effort' vs. 'collaboration effort' #1 (permalink) Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:07 am   'collaborative effort' vs. 'collaboration effort'
 

The following is a sentence I found in a book.

"The wedlock was a collaboration effort."

I think the adjective form of collaboration, collaborative, must be used in the sentence. If I am wrong, please enlighten me on this: where to use 'collaboration effort' and where to use 'collaborative effort.'

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'collaborative effort' vs. 'collaboration effort' #2 (permalink) Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:13 am   'collaborative effort' vs. 'collaboration effort'
 

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collaboration #3 (permalink) Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:45 am   collaboration
 

Hi,

I agree that 'collaborative effort' would be the acceptable choice. The other choice, which sounds a bit awkward, might be: an effort of collaboration.

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collaboration #4 (permalink) Mon Jan 22, 2007 0:57 am   collaboration
 

Thank you Alan!!
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