Try to organize and try organising

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by Mike@Magoosh » Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:51 pm

Dear hey-thru,

Hi, there. I'm happy to help with this.

This is a point of idiom. Both "try to do" and "try doing" are used in spoken English. Even worse, sometimes the monstrosity "try and do" appears in spoken English.

The GMAT SC holds high standards. On the GMAT, the idiom "try + [infinitive]" will always be correct, and "try + [participle]" will always be incorrect. Thus:

Correct:
try to do
try to organize

Incorrect
try doing
try organizing

See OG SC #63 and the associated explanation for more on this point.

Does that make sense? Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Mike

Magoosh GMAT Instructor
https://gmat.magoosh.com/

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