Or that he got the job but couldn't perform the required tasks. You can say that someone tried something or that something. This sentence almost sounds like i tried and i gave up because it was hard.
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Perfect tense and whether or not it's a transatlantic difference.
2 i was trying to run the computer program, but it didn't work.
Sentence (1) (not in the question) suggests that a single trial was made. I have tried that, i had tried that or i did try that? I tried to use it but it was hard would be expected in this situation. Note that i'm referring to something that happened before something else that's also in.
This is probably what you want and is the simplest form. There have been endless discussions about simple past vs. 1) will is the future and tried is the past, so they don't go together. The answer key says it should be had tried, is that correct?
(3) i've tried but it hasn't worked.
1 i tried to run the computer program, but it didn't work. (1) i tried but it didn't work. A listener would not assume that you tried, it. 1) tried 2) had tried 3) have tried 4) am trying the last 2 answers are obviously wrong so which one is it, tried or had tried?
(or could imply that) whereas i tried to help you yesterday is much more specific and only refers to a single instance of help. Given that situation, which of the following sentences is correct? He has been trying, which is a present perfect continuous, and he has tried, which is the present perfect tense, do have a slight difference, and present perfect continuous is often used by native speakers to. (2) i've tried but it didn't work.
Most readers would understand it to mean that he tried to get a job at a newspaper but couldn't get such a job.
