-to attempt to do o to attempt doing?-
- -to attempt to do o to attempt doing?-
- Nota d'uso
Quando to attempt è seguito da un altro verbo, questo è all'infinito preceduto da to se si tratta di azioni ordinarie, che possono essere facilmente portate a termine: He attempted to repair the gearbox, tentò di riparare la scatola del cambio. Quando invece si parla di eventi straordinari, si può usare anche la forma in -ing: They attempted climbing (o to climb) the north face, tentarono di scalare la parete nord.
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