Emotions & feelings
moral support
emotional encouragement
Moral support is encouragement and sympathy that helps someone cope with a difficult situation.
Hear it in real life
Did your family help you move house?
Yes, mostly with moral support because they live far away.
My friends gave me moral support while I was preparing for the interview.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She gave me moral supports.
Say: She gave me moral support.
“Support” is uncountable in this phrase, so do not add “-s.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
give someone moral support; need moral support; offer moral support
Your turn: say it out loud
My friends gave me moral support while I was preparing for the interview.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
moral support
emotional encouragement
“My friends gave me moral support while I was preparing for the interview.”
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