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But whereas some lawyers regard reasonable efforts as a misinterpretation-proof replacement for best efforts, others regard both terms as two points on a spectrum of efforts that a party might be required to expend, ranging from the relatively modest to the extraordinary, the latter being represented by best efforts. This interpretation is facilitated by colloquial use of reasonable to mean ?not extreme,? as in She got a reasonable grade on her French test.

I think the problem is that people approach it as an issue to be resolved by case law, whereas I see it first of all as a matter of semantics. What does best efforts mean in general usage? And what are the implications of seeking to have it mean something other than that?