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Doll Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
The meaning of "try as I might"
Hello everyone!
I will be glad if you can help me to understand the meaning of the sentences below:
Try as I might, I couldn't pass the exam. --- Here is my guess: Although I tried hard, I couldn't pass the exam. If my gues is right, could you explain to me what does might here stand for? I mean, is this a reduction? And what about as? Was it used as because?
I wish you ...... me got worried, as now I won't be able to help crying. --- A) won't tell B) don't tell C) haven't told D)aren't telling E) hadn't told My guess: C . I really didn't understand this sentence! Especially this part: I wish you.. me got worried. Why me got? What kind of a reduction this is? In fact , is this a reduction?
Thanks in advance.
I will be glad if you can help me to understand the meaning of the sentences below:
Try as I might, I couldn't pass the exam. --- Here is my guess: Although I tried hard, I couldn't pass the exam. If my gues is right, could you explain to me what does might here stand for? I mean, is this a reduction? And what about as? Was it used as because?
I wish you ...... me got worried, as now I won't be able to help crying. --- A) won't tell B) don't tell C) haven't told D)aren't telling E) hadn't told My guess: C . I really didn't understand this sentence! Especially this part: I wish you.. me got worried. Why me got? What kind of a reduction this is? In fact , is this a reduction?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi Doll Your interpretation of 'Try as I might' is perfect, but 'as' does not mean 'because'. I'd say you could look at 'Try as I might' this way: Even though I tried as hard as I possibly could Your second sentence doesn't make sense to me either. It's probably a typographical error.
- Hi Doll Your interpretation of 'Try as I might' is perfect, but 'as' does not mean 'because'.
- I'd say you could look at 'Try as I might' this way: Even though I tried as hard as I possibly could Your second sentence doesn't make sense to me either.
- It's probably a typographical error.
- ' or ' I wish you hadn't got me worried..
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Hi Doll
Your interpretation of 'Try as I might' is perfect, but 'as' does not mean 'because'. I'd say you could look at 'Try as I might' this way:
Even though I tried as hard as I possibly could
Your second sentence doesn't make sense to me either. It's probably a typographical error.
You could say 'I wish you hadn't told me...' or 'I wish you
Your interpretation of 'Try as I might' is perfect, but 'as' does not mean 'because'. I'd say you could look at 'Try as I might' this way:
Even though I tried as hard as I possibly could
Your second sentence doesn't make sense to me either. It's probably a typographical error.
You could say 'I wish you hadn't told me...' or 'I wish you
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DollHello everyone!
I will be glad if you can help me to understand the meaning of the sentences below:
Try as I might, I couldn't pass the exam. --- Here is my guess: Although I tried hard, I couldn't pass the exam. If my gues is right, could you explain to me what does might here stand for? I mean, is this a re
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Hi,
Try as I might, I couldn't pass the exam. --- Here is my guess: Although I tried hard, I couldn't pass the exam. If my gues is right, could you explain to me what does might here stand for? I mean, is this a reduction? And what about as? Was it used as because?
It means that
Try as I might, I couldn't pass the exam. --- Here is my guess: Although I tried hard, I couldn't pass the exam. If my gues is right, could you explain to me what does might here stand for? I mean, is this a reduction? And what about as? Was it used as because?
It means that
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Thank you for all your replies, they are vey helpful. I understood the meaning of the sentences very well and I am sure that I wrote the second sentence as it was written on the test I saw.(I checked it twice) Anyway, it is not important because it was not a successful test at all.
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I see "try as I might" as the survival of an old 'subjunctivy sort of thing' related mostly to subordinators of concession used wi
related mostly to subordinators of concession used wi00
Thank you CalifJim for this good explanation. I really don't understand why people insist on teaching old forms of English.
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Hi Doll
Expressions such as 'Try as I might' are more or less remnants of older forms. However, that does not mean these remnants are not used. .
Expressions such as 'Try as I might' are more or less remnants of older forms. However, that does not mean these remnants are not used. .
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Thanks for the information Yankee, I thought they are not used any more.
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Hi Doll
Sometimes the easiest way to deal with some of these remnants of older forms is simply to treat the expressions as "idioms". For example, another remnant is the expression "Be that as it may". Most native speakers would be at a complete loss to explain the grammar of that to you. Most native speakers simply know it as a fixed expression.
Sometimes the easiest way to deal with some of these remnants of older forms is simply to treat the expressions as "idioms". For example, another remnant is the expression "Be that as it may". Most native speakers would be at a complete loss to explain the grammar of that to you. Most native speakers simply know it as a fixed expression.
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Hi,
Could you tell me if "try hard as I can" and "Try as hard as I can" are the same and if "tryas much as I can" is acceptable.
Could you tell me if "try hard as I can" and "Try as hard as I can" are the same and if "tryas much as I can" is acceptable.
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