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I will attempt vs I would attempt

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I will attempt' is used when you are stating your intention to try something in the future. 'I would attempt' is used to express a conditional action or a polite request. So, the choice between the two depends on the context in which you want to use them.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 2762 views

I will attempt

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express an intention to try something in the future.

Use 'I will attempt' when you want to state your intention to try something in the future.

Examples:

  • I will attempt to finish the project by tomorrow.
  • I will attempt to learn a new language this year.
  • I will attempt to read Danny's lips and recreate the dialogue.
  • I will attempt to fill your needs as he would have.
  • I will attempt to summarise and comment on your viewpoints and questions.
  • I will attempt to answer them as briefly as possible.
  • But tonight I will attempt to rise, before your very eyes.
  • Play theokoles, and I will attempt to bring the rains...
  • I will attempt to clear your zone at this altitude.
  • It is in this light that I will attempt to briefly reply to your interventions.
  • I will attempt to answer your questions, where possible.
  • Mr President, I will attempt to reply to a few of the questions.
  • For mother's sake alone I will attempt to accept your apology.
  • Exhausted as I am I will attempt to rise above the arrogance and jealousy around me and get you your opening.
  • Here now, I'll throw myself from the Pont Neuf and I will attempt an exceptional swan jump.
  • I will attempt to hold my breath for nine minutes under water, breaking the world record, which is now... being held by Thomas Sietas of Germany.
  • I will attempt to remove offending items with rubber tweezers, so as to preserve evidentiary value.
  • I will attempt to speak in my capacity as rapporteur, and not as a representative of my political party.
  • Mr President, as a representative from Cyprus, I will attempt to dispel a few myths.
  • If the Member puts down a question in relation to this particular article I will attempt to answer it.
  • From now on, I will pay particular attention to which sittings are conducted by you, and I will attempt to attend all of them.
  • Mr President, I will attempt to formulate this very precisely once again.

Alternatives:

  • I plan to attempt
  • I intend to attempt
  • I aim to attempt
  • I am going to attempt
  • I am planning to attempt

I would attempt

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express a conditional action or a polite request.

Use 'I would attempt' to express a conditional action or a polite request.

Examples:

  • I would attempt to help if I were available.
  • I would attempt to solve the issue if you give me more information.
  • Normally I would attempt to repair it on my own but in this instance, I believe I could use your expert assistance.
  • You think I would attempt to take over this company without consulting legal first?
  • Now, I would attempt to square a five-digit number - and I can - but unfortunately most calculators cannot.
  • If I had to respond to the reference as to whether Europe should be more liberal or more socialist, I would attempt one more joke and say that I propose a compromise of a liberal-conservative Europe, but that really is my last joke.
  • I wouldn't attempt to pull the wool over your eyes, Ferdinand.
  • There are many things about how this road is run I wouldn't attempt to explain.
  • I suspected you would attempt to operate the interface alone.
  • Schroeder, I wouldn't even attempt...
  • I wouldn't attempt to keep somebody where they don't want to be.
  • There are causes for this crisis of confidence and I would like to attempt to describe some of them here today.
  • I would thus like to attempt to reduce these frustrations by asking you a number of questions.
  • Naturally, all these questions would benefit from a lengthy discussion, but I would like to attempt to provide you with some initial answers, in the telegraphic style that we are using today.
  • However, I would like to attempt to reassure you over what may appear to be a deadlock, to be problems between the IGC and the European Parliament.
  • OK. I'm at the third and last part of this, which I said I would make an attempt to at least give you some examples that May be more directly related to the world of entertainment.
  • Mr President. I am speaking as a member of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, and I would like to attempt to pick up on what Commissioner Lamy said earlier.
  • Personally, rather than penalties, I would like to see attempts to comply with a contract of carriage along the lines of the Swiss model, the basis of which is transporting goods and passengers to their destination.
  • And I would love to attempt to convert my heavily embellished Internet profile and carefully airbrushed, out-of-date photo, into a night of physical intimacy with you...!
  • I would warn against attempts to contrast what people refer to as atypical forms of work and the usual forms such as full-time work, in terms of the basis for the functioning of the labour market.
  • I would particularly highlight the attempts to extend the average working week to 60 and 65 hours, to create the concept of 'inactive working time', which would not therefore be regarded as working time, and to attack the trade union movement.
  • I would take the 43-mile lakeside route, whilst he would attempt to go as the crow flies.

Alternatives:

  • I might attempt
  • I could attempt
  • I may attempt
  • I should attempt
  • I can attempt

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