"I try to run" or "I try to be running"

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I'm still kind of confused what's the difference between these two sentences ? Should I use "I try to run" or "I try to be running" when noticing that I, myself, am currently running?

Clive · Accepted Answer

If you are running as you speak, say I am running. The comment seems a bit unnecessary, however. Perhaps you say it on the phone?

I try to run. This describes your regular habit/routine.
eg Every day, I try to run. But I don't always succeed.

I try to be running. It's hard to find a likely context in which you would use this odd sentence.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

Yes you may assume that I was running when I said either one of the sentences on my phone. I was thinking that would it be ok if I said that simple present tense is sometimes interchangeable with present perfect because I'm always feeling that simple present has a very strong connection with completion of an action

Fivejedjon · Answer

AnonymousI'm always feeling that simple present has a very strong connection with completion of an action

I don't know where you got that idea from. The simple present rarely has a strong connection with the completion of an action, except perhaps in newspaper headlines.

"I try to run" or "I try to be running"

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