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Discover LudwigThe phrase "futile to" is correct and can be used in written English
You can use it to refer to an action that is unlikely to produce any positive results. For example, "It was futile to try and stop them; they had already made up their minds."
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Counseling seemed futile to him.
"It's futile to dissect the screenplay.
It is futile to reason with them.
It was futile to resist.
It's futile to accuse them of ungratefulness.
"But it is futile to argue with Death".
It would be futile to try squaring those two Bloombergs.
All that is immaterial — too futile to discuss.
It's probably futile to try to change current Republicans.
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It is futile to look for deeper patterns in this kind of storytelling.
GP 1 ...futile [to contact the psychiatric specialists].
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com