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The phrase "attempting to answer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to provide a response or solution to a question or problem.
Example: "In this paper, I will be attempting to answer the question of how climate change affects biodiversity."
Alternatives: "trying to respond" or "seeking to address".
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She was tweeting and attempting to answer people's questions via Facebook.
Zoe is expert at attempting to answer questions of this kind.
Attempting to answer questions beginning "Why … " and in some cases "Who … " will invalidate the manufacturer's guarantee.
Many began their sets by attempting to answer the unasked question, Why am I here?
It's a question that documentary photographer Jason Wilde is attempting to answer with his ambitious ongoing project, "Free".
Attempting to answer these questions, scientists are flying through clouds in a plane based at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire.
The two looked at one another, not attempting to answer, and then it occurred to Cahal that they were foreign people, who had not understood.
The Senate is attempting to answer that this week as it debates the service's obvious need to drastically reform its business model in the age of electronic communication.
Now, a number of Web sites are attempting to answer these questions with tools including photo-based searches and maps that show where a town's hot spots are.
I bumbled my way through the morning, darting in and out of the relatives' room attempting to answer questions and trying – unsuccessfully – to provide consolation.
Kluchin, attempting to answer the third question, said, "Later in Freud, it will become clear that there is a spectrum from neurotic to normal, and we're all kind of on it.
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