Monday, August 5, 2013

difference between try and attemp

try - (оролдоод үзэх, оролдох)
triestryingtriedtried1 [intransitivetransitive] to make an attempt or effort to do or get somethingtry to do something    I tried hard not to laugh.try your best/hardest (to do something)    Just try your hardest.2 [transitive] to use, do, or test something in order to see if it is good, suitable, etc.try something   Have you tried this new coffee? It's very good.try doing something   John isn't here. Try calling his home number.3 [transitive] to examine evidence in court and decide whether someone is innocent or guiltytry someone (for something)   He was tried for murder.
help In spoken English try can be used with and plus another verb, instead of with to and the infinitive:I'll try and get you a new one tomorrow.Try and finish quickly.In this structure, only the form try can be used, not triestrying, or tried.

attempt - (хичээх, оролоод үзэх)
to make an effort or try to do something, especially something difficult
attempt to do something   I will attempt to answer all your questionsattempt something   The prisoners attempted an escape, but failed.

What's the difference between "attempt" and "try"?

  • The words mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably

  • There is no difference in meaning, only in style. The word 'attempt' is a bit more formal than 'try', but has exactly the same meaning

What is the difference between( Try) and ( Attempt)?

  • While effectively the same word, there are differences in their usage patterns. First, try is much more common than attempt. Of the 5000 most common words in the English language, TRY ranks 127, while ATTEMPT ranks 1226. Moreover, TRY is a basic word, used in many different genres (such as conversation, fiction, newspapers and magazines). On the other hand, ATTEMPT is an academic word, meaning that it is used predominantly in essays, lectures, etc., Finally, and most importantly, these words have different collocates, or friends. In other words, I use different words with TRY than I do with ATTEMPT. For example, the most common nouns (words or phrases) used with TRY are: your luck, and trick, a juvenile, for treason. And the most common verbs used with TRY are: get, find, keep, explain and kill. In contrast, the most common nouns (words or phrases) used with ATTEMPT are: suicide, coup, assassination, government, and reform. And the most common verbs used with it are: make, fail, represent, and change. A further distinction can be made in that not only do the words differ in GENRE, one is common to all (TRY) the other is common only to Academic (ATTEMPT), but ATTEMPT also seems to be used in a certain content area, mainly when writing or speaking about government and other institutions. Therefore, while TRY and ATTEMPT on the surface seem quite similar and have the same meaning, their usage patters differ distinctly and must be learned in order to use them appropriately. (Source: Corpus of Contemporary American English (Davies, 2010)

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