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IanKerry

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:22 am Post subject: "try to +V" and "try+ V-ing"

I'm very confused about the difference of these two. I've asked some English teachers before, but each of them had different answer. please help me~ Thanks a lot:)

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Partizanka

Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Posts: 1
Location: Russia

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:34 am Post subject:

try to do = to make some effort (Ex: Try not to be late) try doing = to do one of the variants, to do a kind of test (Ex: Try painting your car in green) I hope I've caught it right

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