1a. There was no sense in trying to bring him back to school.
1b. There was no sense trying to bring him back to school.
2a. It’s nonsense in trying to bring him back to school.
2b. It’s nonsense trying to bring him back to school.
3a. I’m going to try this this time.
3b. I’m going to try this one more time.
3c. I’m going to try this more times.
3d. I’m going to try this all the time until I succeed.
Please correct the above and comment.
Thanks.
3a would benefit from a comma between the repeated words.
Even without ‘all the time’ the sentence should mean the same.
typo or this, this ???
All the sentences are correct except the one advised by Beeeesssss.
I’m going to try this, this time.
I might try something else next time.
[quote=“Beeesneees”]
I’m going to try this, this time.
quote]
I am not convinced that the comma is necessary. If you were going to say ‘…try this next time’ you wouldn’t use a comma, so why use it with ‘try this this time’.
You are right but it may be desirable to confirm the repetition of the words which would otherwise appear to be an error at first sight. I think it can be likened to the Oxford comma to some extent.
To aid understanding.
What other purpose does punctuation have?