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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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I am just trying to stay confident. VS. I just try to stay confident.

I am just trying to stay confident. VS. I just try to stay confident.

Do the sentences imply any difference and do you use them in a different context? Thank you a million in advance.
  

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The first suggests that you attempts to stay confident are limited to a present period of time. No such limitation is implied by the second. Unless the context suggests otherwise, you may always try to stay confident.

  • The first suggests that you attempts to stay confident are limited to a present period of time.
  • No such limitation is implied by the second.
  • Unless the context suggests otherwise, you may always try to stay confident.
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The first suggests that you attempts to stay confident are limited to a present period of time. No such limitation is implied by the second. Unless the context suggests otherwise, you may always try to stay confident.

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