Reilith
Sage
Okay, so I can't seem to find this anywhere online (I know I am not looking hard enough, but it's 2:25 AM here) so I decided to just ask you Scribes.
I wrote a sentence that goes:
"So he gave up on trying to figure out from Madden and quietly asked Cinneria at dinner once; she gave him one of her half-smiles and told him to ask Madden."
And here my word processor makes the conundrum. It underlines "to figure" as if it doesn't go with "trying". It keeps telling me to change it to "figuring" but in my head "trying to figure out" sounds completely correct. Is there some rule I am missing, or is there really a difference here? Because using "trying figuring out" sounds really harsh when I roll it on my tongue.
Any input is welcome.
I wrote a sentence that goes:
"So he gave up on trying to figure out from Madden and quietly asked Cinneria at dinner once; she gave him one of her half-smiles and told him to ask Madden."
And here my word processor makes the conundrum. It underlines "to figure" as if it doesn't go with "trying". It keeps telling me to change it to "figuring" but in my head "trying to figure out" sounds completely correct. Is there some rule I am missing, or is there really a difference here? Because using "trying figuring out" sounds really harsh when I roll it on my tongue.
Any input is welcome.