"Try to phone" vs. "Try phoning" In the Longman Dictionary I have found the following sentence:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               'Try phoning Robert-he should be home by now.'                                                                                                                                                                                        Can I say:'Try to phone Robert – he should be home by now'?Is this sentence correct?In case it is correct, do these two sentences have exactly the same meaning?
try+gerund/infinitive (Difference in meaning) I tried to open the door. I tried opening the door   We can use both infinitive and gerund with verb "try" as used in above sentences. Does it change the meaning of the  sentence if use gerund or infinitive?.(here i don't know if the meaning of sentences is changed.)     The same confusion arise in these two sentences.  1.I stopped seeing him. 2. I stopped to see him.(But in case of these two sentence i know the meaning is changed but don't know exactly what the change is).
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