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- From: farrell@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (John Farrell)
- Subject: Re: Usage: To try and find the answer.
- Message-ID: <farrell.719105772@coral>
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- Organization: James Cook University
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- Date: 14 Oct 92 23:36:12 GMT
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- In <Bw2ros.GFv@news.iastate.edu> bible@iastate.edu (Anthony E Bible) writes:
- > I recently finished reading Larry McMurtry's _Lonsome Dove_, which I
- >enjoyed, but I was distracted by his frequent use of the expression
- >"... to try and <verb> ..." instead of "... to try to <verb> ...". (I've also
- >frequently seen this form used in less formal writing including post to this
- >group.)
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- I think it should be "try to" myself, but even I say "try and". In fact,
- hardly anyone in Australia, even newsreaders, seems to say "try to". It's so
- depressing. However, in written language, I would insist on "try to". Lucky
- I'm not an editor.
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