Андриолли 1added a comment 2 years ago
I'm trying to persuade myself that isn't like it used to be/it's not like that (?)
я стараюсь убедить себя что это не так
I’m trying to convince myself that this isn’t so
I try to convince myself that it's not true (/the case)
"I try to convince myself that it's not true, that I'm hallucinating, that this time the city has gotten under my skin. "
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I'm trying to persuade myself that isn't like it used to be/it's not like that (?)
I’m trying…
Do you mean that 'try' is always incorrect, it any context?
Видимо, чел сейчас старается, в конкретный период времени?
По-моему, не обязательно сейчас. И пример мой из книг.
I meant that in the citation form, without any context, we would translate this as progressive. But then Grumbler added a context, so my correction is a moot point.