Point of grammar?

[nimthiriel]

Why do people say  "try and"  instead of  "try to"?

I thought  "try to"  made more sense...

Because if you use  "try and", what you're saying is you're going to try, AND you're going to do something.


"I'm going to try AND open the can of beans"

Rather than

"I'm going to try TO open the can of beans".

Comments

[taiba.livejournal.com]

You have been seduced by the dark side! Did you at least get a really good cookie? :-p

Phil's starting his honours. Soon, you guys will have equal rank :-p

BOSS FIGHT! (or something)

[kirby1024.livejournal.com]

It was indeed tasty and delicious. But they kept changing the cookie with every bite...

Heh, so, the question is, where's he going with his honours?

[taiba.livejournal.com]

I think he's actually doing philosophy, and then possibly continuing with Ling in a later degree.

Not sure, it's currently far too early to recall exactly :-)

He may just go straight on to philosophy PhD if he does well enough.

We'll see.