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- From: clb@mistxt.oc.com (Chris Boyd)
- Subject: Re: Usage: To try and find the answer.
- Message-ID: <1992Oct14.122622.6068@ra.oc.com>
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- Organization: OpenConnect Systems, Dallas, TX
- References: <Bw2ros.GFv@news.iastate.edu>
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 12:26:22 GMT
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- In article <Bw2ros.GFv@news.iastate.edu> bible@iastate.edu (Anthony E Bible) writes:
- > The language does change as time passes, of course, and thus my
- >question: does current usage accept, for example, "to try and find" in lieu of
- >"to try to find"?
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- Oops. I thought everyone said it that way. I guess it's a regional
- construction.
-
- Changing the subject slightly, I like the "try and" better than the "try to."
- It seems to imply optimism and success. "I'm gonna try and catch that horse."
-
- Maybe that's why so many people seem to think that Texans are confident
- to the point of arrogance. The language we grew up with encourages it.
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- (* Chris Boyd OpenConnect Systems, Inc. clb@oc.com *)
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