Al intentar
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Ok, I am familiar with al (plus) a verb infinitive...
For example in this excerpt from an online article:
... se cayó al intentar huir por escalera..
What I don't understand is the usage here:
Por ejemplo, las obras de la carne; en otras palabras, nuestro enfuerzo al intentar hacer el trabajo de Dios...
I cannot see why it is not 'a' instead of 'al'
Cualquier ayuda me vendría bien 
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updated Dec 26, 2010
edited by NikkiLR
posted by NikkiLR
Nevermind... I found a good article about the subject and now I can see why 'al' is used there. - NikkiLR, Dec 26, 2010
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I know what it translates to, but I do not understand why it is used in the second except that I posted.
Thanks for the answer, though.
updated Dec 26, 2010
edited by NikkiLR
posted by NikkiLR
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Al+infinitive verb usually is translated as Upon+verb...So in this context it would be al intentar would be translated "upon trying"
updated Dec 26, 2010
posted by Debiera
