You asked for an answer from "anybody," so here I go. I don't understand your question very well. I think you want to know why DOESN"T follows "I'm not trying to be difficult." Well, "I'm not trying to be difficult" is singular. What pronoun would you use to substitute for ""I'm not trying to be difficult"? Right, you would use "it." Think of it this way: The FACT (that I'm not trying to be