Try not blushing

[volver]

Hello,

I gave an advice to my friend regarding an interview.
I said to her try not blushing or try not to blush once you get to the interview.

Could you tell me if it's try not blushing or not to blush ?

Thank you,

VOLVER

 

[Conchita57]

Try not to blush.

 

[jdenson]

Hello,

I gave an advice to my friend regarding an interview.
I said to her try not blushing or try not to blush once you get to the interview.

Could you tell me if it's try not blushing or not to blush ?

Thank you,

VOLVER

Both are correct, but an advice is not. One gives advice or one gives a piece/bit, etc. of advice.
JD

 

[Victoria32]

Hello,

I gave an advice to my friend regarding an interview.
I said to her try not blushing or try not to blush once you get to the interview.

Could you tell me if it's try not blushing or not to blush ?

Thank you,

VOLVER

Try not blushing sounds like a challenge : "Read this book and try not blushing!" - so the sentence you want is "Try not to blush"...

VL

 

[hpesoj]

Both essentially mean the same thing, however in my opinion "Try not blushing" sounds more like a suggestion, e.g. "If that doesn't work, try not blushing". "Try not to blush" sounds more like an instruction "Try not to blush, then you will do better". It depends how sure you are of your advice .

 

[elroy]

I agree with Victoria. Both are grammatically correct, but the one that fits here is "try not to blush."

However, I can think of a scenario in which "try not blushing" would work. Let's say this is the sixth interview with the same person and the interviewee has felt that the interviewer was looking at her strangely the first five times. Every time she tried to change something about her presentation but the strange looks were still there. She has noticed that she has blushed every time, so this time her friend tells her "Try not blushing; maybe that'll do the trick."