Thank you very much for your efforts in participating / to participate in today's ceremony

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Thank you very much for your efforts to participate in today’s ceremony.
Thank you very much for your efforts in participating in today’s ceremony.

Which is the correct sentence?
And should it be “effort” or “efforts”?

Thanks.

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The second is the correct one, don’t you think so, @Anglophile?
I see, that Lawrence hasn’t had the time yet to elaborate on the matter, so I’ll do my best to do it for him. I’ll give you an example:

  • The sculptor put a lot of effort in his works. (He’s the only one who worked on it to achieve the image he wanted to create)
  • Thank you for your efforts. (This means a group of people that worked together to achieve something)

I hope this helps.

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Yes, Marc, I agree with you.

The word ‘effort’ in such contexts takes the preposition ‘in’ followed by a gerund or gerundial phrase.

As regards ‘effort’ or ‘efforts’, I’d say both are possible depending on the quantum of effort behind the task. But the plural form is more common.

‘Effort’ can also be uncount as in: He had to put in a lot of effort for the successful accomplishment of the task assigned to him.

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