The phrase "and trying to modify" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to change or alter something, often in a context of improvement or adjustment.
Example: "The team is focused on enhancing the software's performance and trying to modify the user interface for better usability."
Alternatives: "and attempting to adjust" or "and working to change".
The Giesers went through their savings and tried to modify their mortgage three times.
Does it carefully study what is already popular and try to modify its wines to appeal to those built-in desires?
Mr. Ditzel's appreciation for the tradeoff traces to his undergraduate days at the University of Iowa in the 1970's, when he used and tried to modify a maddeningly inflexible hardware-centric computer called the Symbol.
"Do we await the future passively with our eyes shut," he asked, "or do we take an active stance vis-a-vis the reality and try to modify it to our advantage?" As for Mr. Arafat, he has no good alternative.
"Other places where there are predators get into micromanagement and try to modify behavior," said John L. Weaver, a wildlife researcher with the Wildlife Conservation Society, who recently prepared a report on population densities of five of the predators found here.
"The alliance asked the prime minister to reopen the negotiations with the Americans and try to modify the pact until it becomes acceptable to us," said Sami al-Askari, a leader in Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's Dawa Party, which is a member of the Shiite alliance.
A compromised vehicle could go through a wrong warning propagation and try to modify a warning propagation.
In this study, we designed and synthesized two glucosamine analogues and tried to modify the siRNA using these two glucosamine analogues at the 3′-overhang region of siRNAs to improve the nuclease resistance and to overcome some other weak points.
Therefore, it is really important to improve the training of mental health staff and try to modify their practice.
We think it too late to consider successful aging at age 65 if we want to plan interventions and try to modify self-perceptions of aging.
