The phrase "and trying to answer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an ongoing effort to respond to a question or situation.
Example: "I spent the afternoon researching the topic and trying to answer the questions posed by my colleagues."
Alternatives: "and attempting to respond" or "and working to reply".
Another spot, called "Patient Info," focuses on electronic health record technology and shows patients waiting to see their doctors and trying to answer questions.
I was less focused on the technology than I was on trying to– asking the question and trying to answer, what did these people have in common?
If it is necessarily a bad thing, which candidate might be the best at making it go away?We'll be posing some of your questions to Robert Reich during the interview, and trying to answer some of them ourselves.
A year after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., that killed 14 people and wounded 22 others, authorities are still probing the shooting and trying to answer lingering questions about what happened.
Companies say these forms improve customer service by sorting and directing inquiries to the appropriate department and trying to answer common questions more quickly by first referring customers to an online help section.
In Ireland, however, women told that they are carrying live foetuses with fatal abnormalities routinely go to the UK to abort rather than wait weeks for their pregnancy to die, all the while growing bigger and trying to answer cheerful questions about the new baby without breaking into tears.
The chapter starts by asking some essential questions and tries to answer them in this and the following chapters.
This study tests this hypothesis, and tries to answer three related questions: (a) to what extent does health status influence the chances of intra-generational mobility of individuals?
