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27 Nov 2020
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What does Ι`ve been trying to reach you several times. mean?
What does Ι`ve been trying to reach you several times. mean?
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I’ve been trying to contact you several times
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examples would be that you have tried to phone them, but their phone is always busy.
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Your sentence means that I have texted you or called you or emailed you several times. "Reach" in this sense means to communicate with.
Your sentence is bad grammar, IMO. You should say "I've tried to reach you several times" or "I've been trying to reach you for several days".
"I've been trying" is the present perfect continuous tense and usually talks about time or a time period, and not a limited number like "several times".
"I tried" or "I have tried" works either with time or number.
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