Is there any difference in meaning between the following two sentences?
"He put as much effort as he could into his work because he eagerly wanted to change the world with computers."
"He put effort into his work as much as he could because he eagerly wanted to change the world with computers."
Best Answer
It seems to me that "He put as much effort as he could into his work" expresses a strong sense that the "he" in the sentence put some effort into the work under discussion, and that whatever that amount of effort proved to be, it was "as much as" he was capable of putting into it.
In contrast, "He put effort into his work as much as he could" suggests to me that he did direct some effort toward work, when he could. But this formulation leaves me with the lingering sense that he may sometimes have put his effort elsewhere altogether, even though he tried to direct it toward work as much as he could.
My impression may be purely subjective, but I think that the first wording does a much better job of commending the person who made the effort than the second wording does.