http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Try/lxqv/post.htm#58365Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:19:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:58365Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Try/lxqv/post.htm#58365http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-58365.xml<br /> <br />Let me put them into a more usual form first, Hanuman: <br /> <br />'I tried to paint the fence.' <br />'I tried painting the fence.' <br /> <br />Essentially the same here. The first stresses the attempt itself; the second stresses the experience of doing so. <br /> <br />'Try to do' always means 'attempt', with a succeed/fail goal. <br />'Try doing' is often used when we wish to communicate the feelings of the experience; the speaker may not have been interested in succeeding or completing the activity. <br /> <br /> <br />http://www.englishforums.com/English/Try/lxnb/post.htmTue, 30 Nov 2004 04:16:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:58311hanuman_20001http://www.englishforums.com/English/Try/lxnb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-58311.xmlSir, <br /> <br />I try to paint the fence. <br /> <br />I try painting thr fence. <br /> <br />IS there any difference in meaning between two sentences. <br /> <br />Thanks.