Why to save and no saving?

[Jojo]

Common Errors in English, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #14 "Gerunds and Prepositions", question 10

You must really make an effort; stop making excuses and try saving some money each month from wages this year.

(a) must
(b) making
(c) saving
(d) wages

Common Errors in English, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #14 "Gerunds and Prepositions", answer 10

You must really make an effort; stop making excuses and try to save some money each month from wages this year.

Correct entry: to save
The error was: (c) saving

Your answer was: n/a
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why to save and no saving?

Jojo

[Alan]

Hi,

If you try to do something, then you are making an effort because it is usually something difficult. If you try doing something, you do it as an experiment to see whether something is possible.In this test sentence it should be try to save because here you need to make an effort.

Alan
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