Hello
Please see below. Which one is correct?
[i][b]1-After a few attempts to completing the letter, he finally gave up.
2-After a few attempts to complete the letter, he finally gave up.[/b][/i]
Tom
Hello
Please see below. Which one is correct?
[i][b]1-After a few attempts to completing the letter, he finally gave up.
2-After a few attempts to complete the letter, he finally gave up.[/b][/i]
Tom
Hi Tom,
I don’t really like the first of these two constructions, in fact it’s wrong:
The usual preposition after attempt as a noun would be at:
After a few attempts at completing …
The second one is acceptable since the preposition after the verb attempt would be to: attempt to do something but I’m not really happy with that and I would say:
After making a few attempts to complete … or
Having attempted to complete the letter a few times he …
Alan