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JungKim Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

To do my best, I could not convince him.

Does this sentence work?
To do my best, I could not convince him.

If so, what's this supposed to mean?

In this site, (sorry it's not in English), the sentence is shown as an example taken from a dictionary.
  

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To do my best, I could not convince him. No. JungKim what's this supposed to mean?

  • To do my best, I could not convince him.
  • No.
  • JungKim what's this supposed to mean?
  • I suppose the writer meant ' Though I tried my best, I could not convince him.
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JungKimDoes this sentence work?To do my best, I could not convince him.
No.
JungKimwhat's this supposed to mean?
I suppose the writer meant 'Though I tried my best, I could not convince him.'
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Several of the example sentences on that page are rather unnatural.

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