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Hanuman_2000 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Try

Sir,

I try to paint the fence.

I try painting thr fence.

IS there any difference in meaning between two sentences.

Thanks.
  

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' Essentially the same here. The first stresses the attempt itself; the second stresses the experience of doing so. 'Try to do' always means 'attempt', with a succeed/fail goal.

— Mister Micawber

  • ' Essentially the same here.
  • The first stresses the attempt itself; the second stresses the experience of doing so.
  • 'Try to do' always means 'attempt', with a succeed/fail goal.
  • 'Try doing' is often used when we wish to communicate the feelings of the experience; the speaker may not have been interested in succeeding or completing the activity.
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Let me put them into a more usual form first, Hanuman:

'I tried to paint the fence.'
'I tried painting the fence.'

Essentially the same here. The first stresses the attempt itself; the second stresses the experience of doing so.

'Try to do' always means 'attempt', with a succeed/fail goal.
'Try doing' is often used when we wish to communicate the feelings o
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