Why not "Tenter" instead of "Essayer" for "Try"

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Why not "Tenter" instead of "Essayer" for "Try"

This question relates to:French writing exercise "My cousin Benjamin"

Freeform Writing Exercise A1

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Stephen,

Just to add to Chris' answer, 'tenter' is too formal here ...

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Chris W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Tenter and essayer are very similar in meaning. Tenter involves more of an element of risk than essayer, though. It would be like, "to take a chance to do something".

Here is a discussion: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/essayer-vs-tenter.582619/

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Why not "Tenter" instead of "Essayer" for "Try"

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