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what is the difference: I tried pushing the car vs. I tried to push the car



 
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what is the difference: I tried pushing the car vs. I tried to push the car Fri May 04, 2007 1:44 am  what is the difference: I tried pushing the car vs. I tried to push the car
 

How can you explain your students the diffrerence between these two sentences?

I tried pushing the car.

I tried to push the car.

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what is the difference: I tried pushing the car vs. I tried to push the car Fri May 04, 2007 7:16 am  what is the difference: I tried pushing the car vs. I tried to push the car
 

Hi canerbilgin,

I tried pushing the car.

You experimented with the action to see if it worked. Imagine, your car didn't start(maybe, something went wrong with your car accumulator, or there were some other problems).You tried pushing the car.


I tried to push the car


You made up your mind to push the car, that is, you chose this sort of action. The action may be beyond your depth( difficult) to perform.
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what is the difference: I tried pushing the car vs. I tried to push the car Fri May 04, 2007 16:53 pm  what is the difference: I tried pushing the car vs. I tried to push the car
 

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