'try to recover' or 'try and recover'?

[mehaksal]

It may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater, but at present this process is prohibitively expensive.

(A) it may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater
(B) Someday, it may be worthwhile to try and recover uranium from seawater
(C) Trying to recover uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(D) To try for the recovery of uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
(E) Recovering uranium from seawater may be worthwhile to try to do someday

OA

[Kasia@EconomistGMAT]

The correct version is try TO recover. The phrase "try and recover" has a different meaning than the original phrase.

[Brent@GMATPrepNow]

If we say, It may be worthwhile to try and recover uranium from seawater, then we are saying that it may be worthwhile to perform 2 different actions: trying and recovering.

When we say, try to recover, there is only one action (try) and the infinitive to recover modifies the action of trying. What kind of trying? The trying related to recovering stuff.

Cheers,
Brent

[mehaksal]

so here A or C??

[confuse mind]

It may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater, but at present this process is prohibitively expensive.

(A) it may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater
// to try to recover - correct

(B) Someday, it may be worthwhile to try and recover uranium from seawater
//try and recover uranium means - try uranium and recover uranium - wrong

(C) Trying to recover uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
//recover out - out is redundant
//trying - ongoing action - wrong

(D) To try for the recovery of uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
// try for the recovery - wrong
//recover out - out is redundant

(E) Recovering uranium from seawater may be worthwhile to try to do someday
// meaning change - wrong

OA

[confuse mind]

If we say, It may be worthwhile to try and recover uranium from seawater, then we are saying that it may be worthwhile to perform 2 different actions: trying and recovering.

When we say, try to recover, there is only one action (try) and the infinitive to recover modifies the action of trying. What kind of trying? The trying related to recovering stuff.

Cheers,
Brent

I got confused between the verb and the infinitive after going through your post. In

to try to recover
try - verb/infinitive
recover - verb/infinitive

trying recovering
trying - verb/gerund
recovering - verb/gerund

Can you please explain me the logic to determine this. Thanks!

[Kasia@EconomistGMAT]

The correct answer is A - try TO recover.

[mv12]

I would like to go with C....as..
this process coreectly represents----
Trying to recover uranium out of seawater

[mehaksal]

contradictory views...pls gimme a convincing answr!

[confuse mind]

can someone please explain the reason for eliminating C.

Experts, please verify if mine is correct
(C) Trying to recover uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
//recover out - out is redundant
//trying - ongoing action - wrong